Judges 9:50
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.
Then Abimelech went to Thebez, encamped against it, and captured it.
51 But there was a strong tower inside the city, and all the men, women, and leaders of the city fled there. They locked themselves in and went up to the roof of the tower.
52 When Abimelech came to attack the tower, he approached its entrance to set it on fire.
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.
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- BSB
- Then Abimelech went to Thebez, encamped against it, and captured it.
- KJV
- Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.
- WEB
- Then Abimelech went to Thebez and encamped against Thebez, and took it.
- ASV
- Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.
- DARBY
- And Abimelech went to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.
- BLB
- And Abimelech went to Thebez, and he encamped against Thebez and took it.
- ÅB
- Deretter dro Abimelek til Tebes, og han kringsatte byen og inntok den.
- OTB
- Abimelek dro deretter til Tebes, beleiret det, og inntok det.
- B1930
- Derefter drog Abimelek til Tebes, og han kringsatte byen og inntok den.