Judges 9:4-6
New American Standard Bible
4 And they gave him seventy pieces of silver from the house of (A)Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired worthless and reckless men, and they followed him. 5 Then he went to his father’s house in Ophrah and (B)killed his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, (C)seventy men, [a]on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left, because he hid himself. 6 All the [b]leaders of Shechem and all [c]Beth-millo assembled together, and they went and made Abimelech king, by the [d]oak of the memorial stone which was in Shechem.
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- Judges 9:5 Perhaps a mass human sacrifice
- Judges 9:6 Or landowners
- Judges 9:6 Or the house of Millo
- Judges 9:6 Or terebinth
Judges 9:4-6
New International Version
4 They gave him seventy shekels[a] of silver from the temple of Baal-Berith,(A) and Abimelek used it to hire reckless scoundrels,(B) who became his followers. 5 He went to his father’s home in Ophrah and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers,(C) the sons of Jerub-Baal. But Jotham,(D) the youngest son of Jerub-Baal, escaped by hiding.(E) 6 Then all the citizens of Shechem and Beth Millo(F) gathered beside the great tree(G) at the pillar in Shechem to crown Abimelek king.
Footnotes
- Judges 9:4 That is, about 1 3/4 pounds or about 800 grams
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