Judges - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 260

8+26 THE BOOK OF THEPERIOD OF THE ]UDGES. 9--15_ _ 26 28 froin the plunder-.; and the gold rings which he asked were one thousand seven hundred ~sI1ekels in weight, basidesdthe cresceuts amd ear-drops, and clcaks, and the woven. shawls of the King of Midian; and thesneck- laces which were on the necks of the camels. Gideon a.f&e1·wards·made·n suiici zrmuumof them, and setjibup iii hiwvillage at Afrah, but all Israel whbued after ‘ it thefe, and it became aware i¤.·Gideon and all his house, Midian was thus subdued before they

Israelixes, and it did not again raise its head, sc that thecountry had rest fom:1f0rty»y¤¢ars in thegtime ¤fGidc0n. (nc. 12;:9.) Mmm: hiss. Jerub · babibene Ycashl however,

30 returned te his home; and{Gideon had seventy sonstproduced from his

31 ldiusyfor he had many wives., But hislisecondary wife, who was in Shekem-, bore him. also a son,—·—a¤d

32 his name was Abimelek; Then Gideonaben—Yoash died with good grey hair, and they buried him in the tomb of Yoash his father, in Afrah 0fAbiezer. (About nc. 1203;) Qunrzljy mth iicleiginux iizimli. 33 But when Gideon·ben—Yoash was dead, the Israelites went again and whored after Bal, and chose Bal-

34 Bereth as their god! For the Israelites remembered not their Evnn-L1v11~xG Gon, Who redeemed theme from the power of all their

35 enemies around; Nor did they act kindly tothe family of jerub-bal- Gideon, for all the good he had done for them. (nc. 1203r) 311imclziarr¤¤¤pircs in haunted a Qblyizf. 9 Abimelek went to Shekem, and spoke to them, and to all the clan of the house of his ‘mother’s father, · to SW; i_I wish you to wh1sper to the ears of the Balites oi Shekem, =‘ What good is it toyou, this governmentjof seventy. men ?·-——all the sons of jerubal compared to the government of a

single man ? and remember that I am your bones and flesh ! (ac. 1203;.)- Qhiiirrlrlti mixrhxrs his Skimttig ¥-r¤tI]zrs·. ears of all the Balites of Shekem, and turned their hearts after Abi· melek,—-—for they said ~‘he is our countrymen} They therefore gave 4 him seventy shekels from thefhouse of Bal—Bereth, with which Abimelek hired seventy vagabonds and repro- hates, and tbeyfollowed him. Then 5 he iwenttot the houseof his father in Afrah, and murdered his brothers,,the sons of ]’erub·ba1,‘seventy men, upon a single, stone, except ]otbam-ben- jerubal, the youngest,‘for-he hid him- self. (ac. nor.) §1iimz1zk- mahzliing of fbzkzm. Thc nail the Balitesof Shekem, and 6 the house of Miloa proceeded and went and made Abimelek king, · to reign in Alon, the garrison of Shekem. (ac. xzox.) §ni!;um’s Qnrnhlz of ily: Qrréa electing n lling, When this was reported to jotham, V7 hewent and stood on Mount Ghcri- zim, and raised his voice, and called to them and said ; Listen to me, you Balites of Shekexn—-andylet your gods listen l Wye Wars seeking a Zling. ‘ The trees oncewent ont to elect

a king over themselves, and they said to the Olive, ‘ Will you be king over us-?' V _ ‘Butthe Olive replied to them,

‘ Shall Itresign my fatness with which gods and then are ·de1ighted,· to trouble myself abouttrees? Then the trees said to the Fig, ‘iCome and baking overus ? ’ ‘When the Fig replied to them,

Shall I abandon my pleasantness,

and beautiful '-fruit, to go and trouble myself about the trees? ' Next the trees said to the Vine, y ‘ Come and be king over us?’ ‘But it answered them, ‘ Shall I

abandon my wine which delights gods and men, andgo and trouble myself about the trees? ' ‘Then» all the trees said to the

Bramble, ‘~Comel You reign. over ns! · And the Bramble answered the

trees; ‘ It you really consecrate me as YOUR KING,-·-como here l pshelter under me l And if you will not,——tire

3 g So his mother’s relatives whispered; \ shall go out from the Bfamblap fm] all these things _ about him to the consume the Cedar of Lebanon! dfxn 10 II I2