Judges 9:46

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Judges 9:46

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

On hearing of this, all the leaders in the tower of Shechem entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith.

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KJV

King James Version

¶ And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard [that], they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.

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WEB

World English Bible

When all the men of the tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered into the stronghold of the house of Elberith.

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ASV

American Standard Version

And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard thereof, they entered into the stronghold of the house of Elberith.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Judges 9

⁴⁴ Then Abimelech and the companies with him rushed forward and took their stand at the entrance of the city gate. The other two companies rushed against all who were in the fields and struck them down.

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.

⁴⁷ 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.”

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