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48 He and all his men[a] went up on Mount Zalmon. He[b] took an ax[c] in his hand and cut off a tree branch. He put it[d] on his shoulder and said to his men, “Quickly, do what you have just seen me do!”[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 9:48 tn Heb “his people.”
  2. Judges 9:48 tn Heb “Abimelech.” The proper name has been replaced with the pronoun (“he”) due to considerations of English style.
  3. Judges 9:48 tn The Hebrew text has the plural here.
  4. Judges 9:48 tn Heb “he lifted it and put [it].”
  5. Judges 9:48 tn Heb “What you have seen me do, quickly do like me.”

48 he and all his men went up Mount Zalmon.(A) He took an ax and cut off some branches, which he lifted to his shoulders. He ordered the men with him, “Quick! Do what you have seen me do!”

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