Judges 9:51
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.
50 Then Abimelech went to Thebez, encamped against it, and captured it.
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.
53 But a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.
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
- 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.
- KJV
- But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower.
- WEB
- But there was a strong tower within the city, and all the men and women of the city fled there, and shut themselves in, and went up to the roof of the tower.
- ASV
- But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut themselves in, and gat them up to the roof of the tower.
- DARBY
- But there was a strong tower in the midst of the city, and thither fled all the men and women, all the citizens of the city; and they shut it behind them, and went up to the roof of the tower.
- BLB
- And there was a strong tower in the midst of the city, and there fled all the men and the women, and all the masters of the city, and shut themselves in. And they went up to the top of the tower.
- ÅB
- Midt i byen var det et fast tårn; dit flyktet alle menn og kvinner, alle borgerne i byen, og de stengte etter seg og steg opp på tårnets tak.
- OTB
- Inne i byen var det imidlertid et sterkt tårn, og alle mennene og kvinnene, sammen med alle lederne i byen, flyktet dit, låste seg inne, og klatret opp på taket av tårnet.
- B1930
- Midt i byen var det et fast tårn; dit flyktet alle menn og kvinner, alle borgerne i byen, og de stengte efter sig og steg op på tårnets tak.