Discovery BoxJudges 9:1 
ContextAbimelech Murders His Brothers
9:1 Now Abimelech son of Jerub-Baal went to Shechem to see his mother’s relatives. 1 He said to them and to his mother’s entire extended family, 2
Judges 19:30
Context19:30 Everyone who saw the sight 3 said, “Nothing like this has happened or been witnessed during the entire time since 4 the Israelites left the land of Egypt! 5 Take careful note of it! Discuss it and speak!”
1 tn Heb “brothers.”
2 tn Heb “to all the extended family of the house of the father of his mother.”
3 tn The words “the sight” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
4 tn Heb “from the day.”
5 tc Codex Alexandrinus (A) of the (original) LXX has the following additional words: “And he instructed the men whom he sent out, ‘Thus you will say to every male Israelite: “There has never been anything like this from the day the Israelites left Egypt till the present day.”’”
