Judges 9:47
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.
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.
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.
49 And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, 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,