HERO 9:21 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Καὶ ἔφυγεν Ἰωάθαμ καὶ ἀπέδρα, καὶ ἐπορεύθη ἕως Βαιὴρ, καὶ ᾤκησεν ἐκεῖ ἀπὸ προσώπου Ἀβιμέλεχ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ.
(Kai efugen Yōatham kai apedra, kai eporeuthaʸ heōs Baiaʸr, kai ōkaʸsen ekei apo prosōpou Abimeleⱪ adelfou autou.)

BrTr And Joatham fled, and ran away, and went as far as Bæer, and dwelt there out of the way of his brother Abimelech.

ULT Then Jotham escaped and fled, and he went to Beer. And he dwelled there from the face of Abimelech his brother.

UST After Jotham finished saying all of this, the leaders of Shechem tried to capture him, but he got away from them. He ran away to the town of Beer. He stayed there so that his half-brother Abimelech would not be able to kill him.

BSB Then Jotham ran away, escaping to Beer, and he lived there for fear of his brother Abimelech.

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WEBBE Jotham ran away and fled, and went to Beer[fn] and lived there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.

9:21 “Beer” is Hebrew for “well”, i.e., a village named for its well.

NET Then Jotham ran away to Beer and lived there to escape from Abimelech his half-brother.

LSV And Jotham hurries, and flees, and goes to Beer, and dwells there, from the face of his brother Abimelech.

FBV Then Jotham escaped and ran away. He went to Beer and stayed there because of the threat of Abimelech his brother.

T4T After Jotham finished saying that, he escaped from them and ran away to Beer town. He stayed there because he was afraid that his brother Abimelech would try to kill him.

LEB And Jotham escaped and fled, and went to Beer; he remained there because of Abimelech his brother.

BBE Then Jotham straight away went in flight to Beer, and was living there for fear of his brother Abimelech.

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JPS And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.

ASV And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.

DRA And when he had said thus he fled, and went into Bera: and dwelt there for fear of Abimelech his brother.

YLT And Jotham hasteth, and fleeth, and goeth to Beer, and dwelleth there, from the face of Abimelech his brother.

Drby And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, because of Abimelech his brother.

RV And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.

SLT And Jotham will flee, and break away, and he will go to the well and will dwell there from the face of Abimelech his brother.

Wbstr And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.

KJB-1769 And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.

KJB-1611 And Iotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there for feare of Abimeleeh his brother.
(And Yotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there for fear of Abimeleeh his brother.)

Bshps And Ioatham ran away and fledde, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for feare of Abimelech his brother.
(And Yoatham ran away and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.)

Gnva And Iotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there for feare of Abimelech his brother.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Cvdl And Iotha (whan he had spoken this out) fled, and gat him out of the waye, and wente vnto Ber, and dwelt there because of his brother Abimelech.
(And Yotha (when he had spoken this out) fled, and gat him out of the way, and went unto Ber, and dwelt there because of his brother Abimelech.)

Wycl And whanne he hadde seide these thingis, he fledde, and yede in to Berara, and dwellide there, for drede of Abymelech, his brother.
(And when he had said these things, he fled, and went in to Berara, and dwelled/dwelt there, for dread of Abimelech, his brother.)

Luth Und Jotham floh und entwich; und ging gen Ber und wohnte daselbst vor seinem Bruder Abimelech.
(And Jotham fled and escaped; and went to/toward Beer and lived there before/in_front_of his brother Abimelech.)

ClVg Quæ cum dixisset, fugit, et abiit in Bera: habitavitque ibi ob metum Abimelech fratris sui.
(Which when/with would_have_said, he_fled, and he_went/is_gone in/into/on Bera: and_lived there because fear(n) Abimelech brother’s self.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַ⁠יָּ֣נָס יוֹתָ֔ם וַ⁠יִּבְרַ֖ח

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_fled Yōtām/(Jotham) and,he_ran_away and=he/it_went to,Beer and=he/it_sat_down//remained//lived there from=face/in_front_of ʼAⱱīmelek his/its=brother )

While the words escaped and fled mean similar things, the author does not seem to be using them together for emphasis (for example, to mean “hurriedly ran away”) or to express a single idea through them (for example, to mean “escaped by running away”). He seems to mean implicitly that Jotham escaped from Shechem, that is, he was able to shout his message without being captured, and then fled to the city of Beer where he was apparently safe from Abimelech. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [Then Jotham escaped from Shechem and fled for safety]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מִ⁠פְּנֵ֖י

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_fled Yōtām/(Jotham) and,he_ran_away and=he/it_went to,Beer and=he/it_sat_down//remained//lived there from=face/in_front_of ʼAⱱīmelek his/its=brother )

See the discussion of this phrase in the Introduction to Judges, and see how you translated the similar expression in 2:3. Alternate translation: [away from the presence of]

Note 3 topic: translate-kinship

אָחִֽי⁠ו

his/its=brother

Jotham and Abimelech had the same father but not the same mother. Your language may have its own term or expression for this relationship. Alternate translation: [his father’s son]

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Abimelech Seizes Power

Judges 9

Virtually every account in the book of Judges paints this formative period in Israel’s history as a very dark, brutal time when everyone did what was right in their own eyes (Judges 17:6; 21:25). The story of Abimelech’s rise to power is no exception. Judges 6-8 recounts the heroic deeds of Gideon, a Manassite from the clan of Abiezer who rescued the Israelites from the Midianites. After Gideon’s victory, he returned to his hometown of Ophrah, and Israel enjoyed peace for the rest of his lifetime. But Gideon also left a legacy of idolatry by him, by his family, and by many Israelites. Gideon had many wives and seventy sons, as well as a concubine in Shechem who gave birth to another son named Abimelech (Judges 8:29-32). It appears that when Abimelech grew up, he settled in Arumah, (Judges 9:31), just outside Manassite territory in the tribal allotment of Ephraim (Joshua 16-17; see “Poster Map of the Tribe of Manasseh (West) and Its Surroundings, circa 1200 B.C.” map). Perhaps this move to non-Manassite territory reflected Abimelech’s lack of a legitimate heritage from his Manassite father. Later, Abimelech visited his relatives in Shechem and convinced them to persuade the leaders of Shechem to make him ruler over the city. To ensure that none of his seventy brothers, who were legitimate heirs to Gideon, challenged his authority, Abimelech went to Ophrah and killed all but one of them. The only brother to escape was Jotham, the youngest, and he went to the top of Mount Gerizim and warned them against betraying Gideon by making Abimelech king. Then he fled to the town of Beer, perhaps the same as Beeroth near the town of Gibeon. After three years, however, the leaders of Shechem began to grow dissatisfied with Abimelech as their king, and a man named Gaal offered to rule in place of him. Abimelech’s ally Zebul, who was one of the leaders of Shechem, went to Arumah and told Abimelech what Gaal was planning to do. So Gideon and his men split up into four groups and secretly surrounded the city at night. Then they attacked Gaal’s men, and Gaal’s men retreated into Shechem. Zebul drove them back out into the fields, and Abimelech’s men defeated them and captured the city. Some of the leaders of Shechem fled into the temple of El-berith (or Baal-berith), but Abimelech and his men cut down branches from Mount Zalmon (likely Mount Ebal just north of Shechem) and set fire to the temple, killing about 1000 people inside. Then Abimelech and his men went to Thebez and attacked the city. Many of the citizens took refuge inside a strong tower in the town, and Abimelech prepared to set fire to the entrance. But a woman on the roof dropped a millstone on his head, crushing his skull, so Abimelech commanded his armor bearer to kill him.

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Abimelech Seizes Power