They did not show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) for all the good things he had done for Israel.
Parallel translations
- WEB neither did they show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shown to Israel.
- KJV Neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto Israel.
- NKJV nor did they show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal (Gideon) in accordance with the good he had done for Israel.
- NASB nor did they show kindness to the household of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) in accordance with all the good that he had done for Israel.
- NLT Nor did they show any loyalty to the family of Jerub-baal (that is, Gideon), despite all the good he had done for Israel.
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Quick answer
Israel also fails to show kindness to Gideon's family despite all his good for them.
Overview
Their ingratitude toward Gideon's house mirrors their ingratitude toward God. Forgetting both Lord and deliverer, they prepare the way for the violence Abimelech will unleash on that very family. The verse closes the Gideon narrative on the somber note of covenant disloyalty.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Eccl 9:14–15There was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it.
- Judg 9:5He went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid himself.
- Judg 9:16–19Now if you have acted faithfully and honestly in making Abimelech king, if you have done well by Jerubbaal and his family, and if you have done to him as he deserves—
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