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Judges 9:54-56
New English Translation
Judges 9:54-56
New English Translation
54 He quickly called to the young man who carried his weapons,[a] “Draw your sword and kill me, so they will not say,[b] ‘A woman killed him.’” So the young man stabbed him and he died. 55 When the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they went home.[c]
56 God repaid Abimelech for the evil he did to his father by murdering his seventy half brothers.[d]
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- Judges 9:54 tn The Hebrew text adds, “and said to him.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.
- Judges 9:54 tn The Hebrew text adds, “concerning me.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.
- Judges 9:55 tn Heb “each to his own place.”
- Judges 9:56 tn Heb “seventy brothers.”
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