³⁰ Now Gideon had ^(A)seventy sons who ^[a]were his direct descendants, for he had many wives.

² “Speak, now, in the hearing of all the ^[a]leaders of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you: for ^(A)seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, to rule over you, or for one man to rule over you?’ Also, remember that I am ^(B)your bone and your flesh.”

¹⁸ but in fact you have risen against my father’s house today and have killed ^(A)his sons, seventy men, on one stone, and have made Abimelech, ^(B)the son of his female slave, king over the ^[a]leaders of Shechem, because he is your relative—