“Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands;”
Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands — Jotham's interpretation begins. He asks Shechem: have you acted in truth and sincerity (אֱמֶת וּנְכוֹנָה, emet u-nechonah) toward Abimelech and Gideon? The reference to Gideon's 'deserving' (גְמוּל, gemul) points to ingratitude.
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