24 (A)so that the violence [a]done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal would come, and the responsibility for (B)their blood would be placed on their brother Abimelech, who killed them, and on the [b]leaders of Shechem, who [c]encouraged him to kill his brothers. 25 The [d]leaders of Shechem set up men in ambush against him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed everyone who would pass by them on the road; and it was reported to Abimelech.

26 Now Gaal the son of Ebed came with his relatives, and crossed over into Shechem; and the [e]leaders of Shechem trusted him.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 9:24 Lit of the seventy
  2. Judges 9:24 Or landowners
  3. Judges 9:24 Lit strengthened his hands
  4. Judges 9:25 Or landowners
  5. Judges 9:26 Or landowners

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