Judg 9:16-18 | NASB1995 | STEP | “ Now therefore, if you have dealt in truth and integrity in making Abimelech king , and if you have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house , and have dealt with him as he deserved

Judges 9:16-18

16 “Now therefore, if you have dealt in ^{▼▼ Or sincerity}truth and integrity in making Abimelech king, and if you have dealt well with ^bJerubbaal and his house, and ^{▼▼ Lit if you have}have dealt with him ^{▼▼ Lit according to the dealing of his hands}as he deserved— 17 for my father fought for you and ^{▼▼ Lit cast his soul in front}risked his life and delivered you from the hand of Midian; 18 but you have risen against my father’s house today and have killed ^fhis sons, seventy men, on one stone, and have made Abimelech, ^gthe son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your ^{▼▼ Lit brother}relative—