Hakim-hakim 9:2

9:2 “Tell ¹  all the leaders of Shechem this: ‘Why would you want ²  to have seventy men, all Jerub-Baal’s sons, ruling over you, when you can have just one ruler? Recall that I am your own flesh and blood.’” ³ 

Hakim-hakim 9:5

9:5 He went to his father’s home in Ophrah and murdered his half-brothers, ⁴  the seventy legitimate ⁵  sons of Jerub-Baal, on one stone. Only Jotham, Jerub-Baal’s youngest son, escaped, ⁶  because he hid.

Hakim-hakim 9:18

9:18 But you have attacked ⁷  my father’s family ⁸  today. You murdered his seventy legitimate ⁹  sons on one stone and made Abimelech, the son of his female slave, king over the leaders of Shechem, just because he is your close relative. ¹⁰ 

Hakim-hakim 9:24

9:24 He did this so the violent deaths of Jerub-Baal’s seventy sons might be avenged and Abimelech, their half-brother ¹¹  who murdered them, might have to pay for their spilled blood, along with the leaders of Shechem who helped him murder them. ¹² 

Hakim-hakim 12:14

12:14 He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy donkeys. He led Israel for eight years.

[9:2]  ¹ tn Heb “Speak into the ears of.”

[9:2]  ² tn Heb “What good is it to you?”

[9:2]  ³ tn Heb “your bone and your flesh.”

[9:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “his brothers.”

[9:5]  ⁵ tn The word “legitimate” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[9:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “remained.”

[9:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “have risen up against.”

[9:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “house.”

[9:18]  ⁹ tn The word “legitimate” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[9:18]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “your brother.”

[9:24]  ¹¹ tn Heb “their brother.”

[9:24]  ¹² tn Heb “so that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerub-Baal might come, and their blood might be placed on Abimelech, their brother, who murdered them, and upon the leaders of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to murder his brothers.”