Judges 9:2

9:2 “Tell ¹  all the leaders of Shechem this: ‘Why would you want ²  to have seventy men, all Jerub-Baal’s sons, ruling over you, when you can have just one ruler? Recall that I am your own flesh and blood.’” ³ 

Judges 21:23

21:23 The Benjaminites did as instructed. ⁴  They abducted two hundred of the dancing girls to be their wives. ⁵  They went home ⁶  to their own territory, ⁷  rebuilt their cities, and settled down. ⁸ 

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¹ tn Heb “Speak into the ears of.”

² tn Heb “What good is it to you?”

³ tn Heb “your bone and your flesh.”

⁴ tn Heb “did so.”

⁵ tn Heb “And they took wives according to their number from the dancing girls whom they abducted.”

⁶ tn Heb “went and returned.”

⁷ tn Heb “inheritance.”

⁸ tn Heb “and lived in them.”