Hakim-hakim 9:27

9:27 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.

Hakim-hakim 9:51

9:51 There was a fortified ⁴  tower ⁵  in the center of the city, so all the men and women, as well as the city’s leaders, ran into it and locked the entrance. Then they went up to the roof of the tower.

[9:27]  ¹ tn Heb “vineyards.”

[9:27]  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.

[9:27]  ³ tn Heb “house.”

[9:51]  ⁴ tn Or “strong.”

[9:51]  ⁵ tn Or “fortress.” The same Hebrew term occurs once more in this verse and twice in v. 52.