Hakim-hakim 9:54-57

9:54 He quickly called to the young man who carried his weapons, ¹  “Draw your sword and kill me, so they will not say, ²  ‘A woman killed him.’” So the young man stabbed him and he died. 9:55 When the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they went home. ³ 

9:56 God repaid Abimelech for the evil he did to his father by murdering his seventy half-brothers. ⁴  9:57 God also repaid the men of Shechem for their evil deeds. The curse spoken by Jotham son of Jerub-Baal fell ⁵  on them.

[9:54]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text adds, “and said to him.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[9:54]  ² tn The Hebrew text adds, “concerning me.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[9:55]  ³ tn Heb “each to his own place.”

[9:56]  ⁴ tn Heb “seventy brothers.”

[9:57]  ⁵ tn Heb “came.”