Judges 9:45
43 So he took his men, divided them into three companies, and lay in wait in the fields. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he rose up against them and attacked them.
44 Then Abimelech and the companies with him rushed forward and took their stand at the entrance of the city gate. The other two companies rushed against all who were in the fields and struck them down.
And all that day Abimelech fought against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he demolished the city and sowed it with salt.
46 On hearing of this, all the leaders in the tower of Shechem entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith.
47 And when Abimelech was told that all the leaders in the tower of Shechem were gathered there,
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- BSB
- And all that day Abimelech fought against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he demolished the city and sowed it with salt.
- KJV
- And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.
- WEB
- Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city and killed the people in it. He beat down the city and sowed it with salt.
- ASV
- And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that were therein: and he beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.
- DARBY
- And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that were in it, and broke down the city, and sowed it with salt.
- BLB
- And Abimelech fought against the city all that day, and he took the city, and he killed the people who [were] in it, and he tore down the city and sowed it with salt.
- ÅB
- Og Abimelek stred imot byen hele den dag og inntok byen, og folket som var der, slo han ihjel; og han rev byen ned og strødde salt over den.
- OTB
- Abimelek kjempet mot byen hele den dagen, inntok den, og drepte folket der. Så ødela han byen og strødde salt over den.
- B1930
- Og Abimelek stred imot byen hele den dag og inntok byen, og folket som var der, slo han ihjel; og han rev byen ned og strødde salt over den.
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2 Kings 3:25
They destroyed the cities, and each man threw stones on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up every spring and cut down every good tree. Only Kir-haraseth was left with stones in place, but men with slings surrounded it and attacked it as well.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 29:23
All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.
Read in context1 Kings 12:25
Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And from there he went out and built Penuel.
Read in contextPsalms 107:34
and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.
Read in contextEzekiel 47:11
But the swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt.
Read in contextJames 2:13
For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Read in contextZephaniah 2:9
Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah— a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”
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