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# If you acted with honesty and integrity with Jerub Baal and his house
Jotham offered the possibility that what they did was good, but Jotham does not actually believe what they did was good. AT: "If you treated Jerub Baal and his family as they deserved to be treated" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo]])
# Jerub Baal
This is another name for Gideon. It means "let Baal defend himself." See how you translated this in [Judges 6:32](../06/31.md).
# his house
Here "house" refers to family. AT: "his family" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
# But if not
Jotham offered the opposite possibility that what they did was evil and applied a curse. Jotham does believe what they did was evil. AT: "But if you treated Jerub Baal and his family as they did not deserve to be treated" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo]])
# let fire come out from Abimelech and burn up the men of Shechem
Jotham is speaking a curse. He speaks of Abimelech destroying the people of Shechem as if he would burn them with fire. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
# Let fire come out from the men of Shechem and Beth Millo, to burn up Abimelech
Jotham is speaking a curse. He speaks of the people of Shechem and Beth Millo destroying Abimelech as if they would burn him with fire. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
# Beth Millo
This is the name of a place. See how you translated this in [Judges 9:6](./05.md).
# Beer
This is the name of a city. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/integrity]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/house]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/joy]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/abimelech]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/shechem]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jotham]]