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24 (A)so that the violence [a]done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and (B)their blood might be laid on Abimelech their brother, who killed them, and on the lords of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to kill his brothers. 25 And the lords of Shechem set [b]men in ambush against him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all who might pass by them along the road; and it was told to Abimelech.

26 Then Gaal the son of Ebed came with his [c]relatives, and they crossed over into Shechem; and the lords of Shechem put their trust in him.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 9:24 Lit of the seventy
  2. Judges 9:25 Lit liers-in-wait for
  3. Judges 9:26 Lit brothers