Judges 6:30
And they said to Joas: Bring out thy son hither, that he may die: because he hath destroyed the altar of Baal, and hath cut down his grove.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et dixerunt ad Joas : Produc filium tuum huc, ut moriatur : quia destruxit aram Baal, et succidit nemus.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ εἶπον οἱ ἄνδρες τῆς πόλεως πρὸς Ἰωάς Ἐξένεγκε τὸν υἱόν σου καὶ ἀποθανέτω, ὅτι καθεῖλεν τὸ θυσιαστήριον τοῦ Βάαλ, καὶ ὅτι ὠλέθρευσεν τὸ ἄλσος τὸ ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ אַנְשֵׁ֤י הָעִיר֙ אֶל יוֹאָ֔שׁ הוֹצֵ֥א אֶת בִּנְךָ֖ וְיָמֹ֑ת כִּ֤י נָתַץ֙ אֶת מִזְבַּ֣ח הַבַּ֔עַל וְכִ֥י כָרַ֖ת הָאֲשֵׁרָ֥ה אֲשֶׁר עָלָֽיו
Haydock's commentary
Bring. Parents took cognizance of the evil actions done in their family. The citizens require Joas to punish his son, or to deliver him up to them. On the same principle, the Israelites insisted that the tribes of Benjamin should not neglect to punish the citizens of Gabaa; and the Philistines demand Samson, chap. xv. 12., and xx. 13. Cato advised that Cæsar should be given up to the Germans, whom he had unjustly invaded; and the Gauls would not be satisfied, unless the Fabii should be abandoned unto them. (Grotius, Jur. ii. 21, 4.[24?]) (Haydock)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.