Judges 9:45
43 And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them.
44 And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two other companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them.
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.
46 And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.
47 And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.
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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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Cross references
2 Kings 3:25
And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kir-haraseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 29:23
And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
Read in context1 Kings 12:25
Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.
Read in contextPsalms 107:34
A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
Read in contextEzekiel 47:11
But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.
Read in contextJames 2:13
For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
Read in contextZephaniah 2:9
Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
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