Hakim-hakim 9:7

Jotham’s Parable

9:7 When Jotham heard the news, ¹  he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim. He spoke loudly to the people below, ²  “Listen to me, leaders of Shechem, so that God may listen to you!

Hakim-hakim 9:21

9:21 Then Jotham ran away ³  to Beer and lived there to escape from ⁴  Abimelech his half-brother. ⁵ 

Hakim-hakim 9:57

9:57 God also repaid the men of Shechem for their evil deeds. The curse spoken by Jotham son of Jerub-Baal fell ⁶  on them.

[9:7]  ¹ tn Heb “And they reported to Jotham.” The subject of the plural verb is indefinite.

[9:7]  ² tn Heb “He lifted his voice and called and said to them.”

[9:21]  ³ tn Heb “fled and ran away and went.”

[9:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “from before.”

[9:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “his brother.”

[9:57]  ⁶ tn Heb “came.”