Discovery BoxJudges 9:27 
Context9:27 They went out to the field, harvested their grapes, 1 squeezed out the juice, 2 and celebrated. They came to the temple 3 of their god and ate, drank, and cursed Abimelech.
Judges 9:38
Context9:38 Zebul said to him, “Where now are your bragging words, 4 ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Are these not the men 5 you insulted? 6 Go out now and fight them!”
1 tn Heb “vineyards.”
2 tn Heb “stomped” or “trampled.” This refers to the way in which the juice was squeezed out in the wine vats by stepping on the grapes with one’s bare feet. For a discussion of grape harvesting in ancient Israel, see O. Borowski, Agriculture in Iron Age Israel, 110-14.
3 tn Heb “house.”
4 tn Heb “is your mouth that says.”
5 tn Heb “the people.”
6 tn Or “despised.”
