Judges 9:16-18

Expanded Bible

¹⁶ “Now, ·were you completely honest and sincere [^Lif you acted in truth and integrity/blamelessness] when you made Abimelech king? ·Have you [^LAnd if you have] been fair to Jerub-Baal [^CGideon; 6:32] and his ·family [^Lhouse]? ·Have [^LAnd if] you treated him as ·you should [^Lhis hands deserved]? ¹⁷ Remember, my father fought for you and risked his life to ·save [rescue; ^Tdeliver] you from the ·power of the Midianites [^Lhand of Midian]. ¹⁸ But now you have ·turned [revolted; risen up] against my father’s ·family [^Lhouse] and have killed his seventy sons on one stone [v. 5]. You have made Abimelech, the son of my father’s ·slave girl [maidservant], king over the ·leaders [leading citizens; lords] of Shechem just because he is your ·relative [brother]!