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Judges 9:57

GideonJothamShechem

55 And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place.

56 Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:

And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
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BSB
And God also brought all the wickedness of the men of Shechem back upon their own heads. So the curse of Jotham son of Jerubbaal came upon them.
KJV
And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
WEB
and God repaid all the wickedness of the men of Shechem on their heads; and the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal came on them.
ASV
and all the wickedness of the men of Shechem did God requite upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
DARBY
And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render back upon their heads; and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
BLB
And all the evil of the men of Shechem God returned on their own heads, and came upon them the curse of Jotham son of Jerubbaal.
ÅB
Og all den ondskap som Sikems menn hadde gjort, lot Gud komme tilbake over deres hode, og Jotams, Jerubba'als sønns forbannelse rammet dem.
[^1]: Sikems borg, DMR 9, 46.
[^2]: JOS 24, 25. 26.
[^3]: 1MO 34, 2.
[^4]: d.s.s. Ba'al-Berit; se DMR 9, 4.
OTB
Gud vendte også all ondskapen til mennene i Sikem tilbake på deres hoder, og Jotams, sønn av Jerubbaal, forbannelse kom over dem.
B1930
Og all den ondskap som Sikems menn hadde gjort, lot Gud komme tilbake over deres hode, og Jotams, Jerubba'als sønns forbannelse rammet dem.

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  • Judges 9:20

    But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.

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  • 1 Kings 16:34

    In his days did Hiel the Beth-elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.

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  • Joshua 6:26

    And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.

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  • Judges 9:45

    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.

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