Judges 9:47
45 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.
And when Abimelech was told that all the leaders in the tower of Shechem were gathered there,
48 he and all his men went up to Mount Zalmon. Abimelech took his axe in his hand and cut a branch from the trees, which he lifted to his shoulder, saying to his men, “Hurry and do what you have seen me do.”
49 So each man also cut his own branch and followed Abimelech. Then they piled the branches against the inner chamber and set it on fire above them, killing everyone in the tower of Shechem, about a thousand men and women.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And when Abimelech was told that all the leaders in the tower of Shechem were gathered there,
- KJV
- And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.
- WEB
- Abimelech was told that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.
- ASV
- And it was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.
- DARBY
- And it was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem had gathered together.
- BLB
- And it was told to Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.
- ÅB
- Så snart det ble meldt Abimelek at alle mennene i Sikems borg hadde samlet seg,
- OTB
- Det ble rapportert til Abimelek at alle lederne i tårnet i Sikem hadde samlet seg.
- B1930
- Så snart det blev meldt Abimelek at alle mennene i Sikems borg hadde samlet sig,