Judges - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 261
The History of the People of Israel
ness you have made Abimelck your king; and if you have done hand- somely to jerubal and to his family, and if you have done to him accord- ing to the work of the hand of my father, who fought for you, and poured out his soul for you, who have risen upon my father's family to-day, and murdered seventy persons on a single stone, and haveelected Abimelek, the son of his slave, over the Balites of Shekem, because he is your relative; then ¤<>¢¤¤di¤g te the mh M
justice with which you have acted temds Jembel M tewerds his family to·day, be content with Abime· iek, and let him be content with you l But if not, let fire come out from Abimelek and consume the Balites of Shekem, and the house of Miloa, and let fire come out from the Balites of Shekem, and from the house of Miloa, and °°“S“m° Abimelek I I Then jotham fled, and hid himself
in Barah, and stayed there from the presence of Abimelek his brother. · (B'C' IZO?') wht Bahia mm $1*****212}* *l¤m`*`21• When Abimelek had been a chief not the son of ]erubal, and Zcbul his Lieutenant? They were slaves, those furious, 1ow—bred bastards; but why should we be enslaved? But if this people were under my hand, I would turn Abimelek off! ’ Then he shouted against Abimelek,
‘Collect your army and meet me ig gkimglglh when Zebul the Commandant Of
me city ima Li the S mh er en- b€¤_Abé,hc was fm,i£1S and Sent messengérs m Abimack si rimmah to Say .____ . I hud G&l_b€¤_Abd and his
brothns have come to Shekcm and that gmm. rivals in the tom; am against you SO now get up by night you and ali the force with you and hide in the fields and at dawn {men the sun rises advance and attack the City and meh you and the force you ' b,.mg with you Cin do to him what cve,. you and il; your power] Abimelek conse nent} arose that ? g
night and all hiforcwith him, and they advanced secretly against Shekem in four divisions, But Gal- in Israel for three years, the Even- LIVING sent a bad feeling between Abimelek and the Balites of Shekem, consequently the Balites of Shekem plotted against Abimelek. The injury done to the seventy sons of jerubal, and their blood, returned upon Abimelek their brother, who had murdered them,and upon the Balites of Shekem who encouraged his hand to the murder of his brothers. 25 So the Balites of Shekem laid an. ambush upon the tops of the moun- tains, and they robbed all who passed near them in the road, and it was reported to Abimelek. (ac. moo.) ®a1-h2¤·$bh rmtspirzs 26 against 2\himzI2k. Then Gal·ben-Abd came to Shekem
with his brothers and passed into it, and the Balites of Shekem coniided in him, and went out and reaped their vineyards, and pressed them, and afterwards made a feast, and went to the House of their god, and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelek. Who is Abimelek? and what was Shekem that we should be enslaved? Is he (ac. rzoo.) Zzbui rzpurtz il]: ilcimlt ben-Abd went out and stationed him- self outside the gate of the town. Then Abimelek and the force with him arose from their ambush, and Gal Is that an army descending from the tops of the hills? ’ You
see the shadowy of the mountains instead of men! ’ But Gal continued to speak and
Look! itisa force that descends from the highlands, and one division comes from the road of Alan- Where
now is the mouth which said, ‘ Who is Abimelek? that we should be enslaved? Is not that the man whom you despised? Now go and fight with him l ’ 30 33 35 37
Qlhimrlzh hzfznts (Eel mth rnpixttu £l;2ltem, lmt is killzb in §irtnr3g. Gal consequently went out with the 39 Balites of Shekem and fought with Abimelek. But Abimelek repulsed 40 him and he fled before him, and many fell wounded before the gate of the town. 261
