Judges 9:16-18

International Standard Version

¹⁶ “Now then, if you have been acting in good faith and integrity by making a king out of Abimelech, if you have treated Jerubbaal and his household appropriately by acting toward him as he deserved^[a]— ¹⁷ because my father fought on your behalf, throwing away all concern for his own life, and delivered you from Midian’s domination.

¹⁸ “But now as for you, you’ve rebelled against my father’s house today. You’ve murdered his sons—70 men—in one place,^[b] and you’ve installed Abimelech, the son of his mistress, as king to rule over the “lords” of Shechem, since he’s related to you.