Judges 9:46
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.
45 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.
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.
48 And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.
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Compare
- BSB
- On hearing of this, all the leaders in the tower of Shechem entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith.
- KJV
- And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.
- WEB
- When all the men of the tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered into the stronghold of the house of Elberith.
- ASV
- And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard thereof, they entered into the stronghold of the house of Elberith.
- DARBY
- And all the men of the tower of Shechem heard [that], and they entered into the stronghold of the house of the God Berith.
- BLB
- And all the men of the tower of Shechem had heard, and they entered into the stronghold of the temple of El-berith.
- ÅB
- Da mennene i Sikems borg hørte det, gikk de alle inn i tårnet som hørte til El-Berits[^4] tempel.
- OTB
- Da alle lederne i tårnet i Sikem hørte om det, gikk de inn i det indre kammeret i tempelet til El-Berit.
- B1930
- Da mennene i Sikems borg hørte det, gikk de alle inn i tårnet som hørte til El-Berits tempel. / < d.s.s. Ba'al-Berit; se DMR 9, 4.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Judges 8:33
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 Baal-berith their god.
Read in contextPsalms 115:8
They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.
Read in contextJudges 9:4
And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.
Read in contextIsaiah 37:38
And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.
Read in contextJudges 9:27
And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.
Read in contextIsaiah 28:15–18
Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
Read in context2 Kings 1:2–4
And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.
Read in context1 Kings 8:26
And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.
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