Discovery BoxJudges 2:17 
Context2:17 But they did not obey 1 their leaders. Instead they prostituted themselves to other gods and worshiped 2 them. They quickly turned aside from the path 3 their ancestors 4 had walked. Their ancestors had obeyed the Lord’s commands, but they did not. 5
Judges 9:48
Context9:48 He and all his men 6 went up on Mount Zalmon. He 7 took an ax 8 in his hand and cut off a tree branch. He put it 9 on his shoulder and said to his men, “Quickly, do what you have just seen me do!” 10
1 tn Or “did not listen to.”
2 tn Or “bowed before.”
3 tn Or “way [of life].”
4 tn Or “fathers.”
5 tn Heb “…walked, obeying the
6 tn Heb “his people.”
7 tn Heb “Abimelech.” The proper name has been replaced with the pronoun (“he”) due to considerations of English style.
8 tn The Hebrew text has the plural here.
9 tn Heb “he lifted it and put [it].”
10 tn Heb “What you have seen me do, quickly do like me.”
