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Judges 9:3-5
Lexham English Bible

3 And his mother’s relatives spoke all these words concerning him to[a] all the lords of Shechem; and they supported Abimelech,[b] for they said, “He is our relative.”[c] 4 And they gave to him seventy pieces of silver from the temple[d] of Baal-Berith, and Abimelech hired with them[e] worthless and reckless men, and they followed him.[f] 5 And he went to his father’s house at Ophrah, and he killed his brothers, the sons of Jerub-Baal, seventy men, on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerub-Baal survived, because he hid himself.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 9:3 Literally “in the ears of”
  2. Judges 9:3 Literally “it reached their heart after Abimelech”
  3. Judges 9:3 Or “brother”
  4. Judges 9:4 Or “house”
  5. Judges 9:4 That is, the pieces of silver
  6. Judges 9:4 Literally “They went after him”
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