KJV:
Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.
NASB:
So Midian was subdued before the sons of Israel, and they did not lift up their heads anymore. And the land was undisturbed for forty years in the days of Gideon.
KJV:
And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.
NASB:
Then Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and lived in his own house.
KJV:
And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.
NASB:
Now Gideon had seventy sons who were his direct descendants, for he had many wives.
KJV:
And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.
NASB:
His concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.
KJV:
And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
NASB:
And Gideon the son of Joash died at a ripe old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
KJV:
And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god.
NASB:
Then it came about, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the sons of Israel again played the harlot with the Baals, and made Baal-berith their god.
KJV:
And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side:
NASB:
Thus the sons of Israel did not remember the LORD their God, who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side;
KJV:
And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,
NASB:
And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother's relatives, and spoke to them and to the whole clan of the household of his mother's father, saying,
KJV:
Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.
NASB:
"Speak, now, in the hearing of all the leaders of Shechem, 'Which is better for you, that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or that one man rule over you?' Also, remember that I am your bone and your flesh."
KJV:
And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.
NASB:
Then he went to his father's house at Ophrah and killed his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men, on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left, for he hid himself.