Discovery BoxJudges 9:49 
Context9:49 So each of his men also cut off a branch and followed Abimelech. They put the branches 1 against the stronghold and set fire to it. 2 All the people 3 of the Tower of Shechem died – about a thousand men and women.
Judges 21:10
Context21:10 So the assembly sent 12,000 capable warriors 4 against Jabesh Gilead. 5 They commanded them, “Go and kill with your swords 6 the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead, including the women and little children.
1 tn The words “the branches” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
2 tn Heb “they kindled over them the stronghold with fire.”
3 tn Or “men,” but the word seems to have a more general sense here, as the conclusion to the sentence suggests.
4 tn Heb “men, sons of strength.”
5 tn Heb “there.”
6 tn Heb “the edge of the sword.”
