Judges 9:46

Then all the townsmen of the tower of Shechem, hearing of it, went into the inner room of the house of El-berith.

Bible in Basic English

In The 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.

In Context

45And all that day Abimelech was fighting against the town; and he took it, and put to death the people who were in it, and had the town pulled down and covered with salt.

47And word was given to Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem were there together.

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Cross References

Joshua 10:18And Joshua said, Let great stones be rolled against the mouth of the hole, and let men keep watch by it:

Judges 9:4And they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the house of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech got the support of a number of uncontrolled and good-for-nothing persons.

1 Kings 8:26So now, O God of Israel, it is my prayer that you will make your word come true which you said to your servant David, my father.

Psalms 115:8Those who make them are like them; and so is everyone who puts his faith in them.

Isaiah 37:38And it came about, when he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to death with the sword, and they went in flight into the land of Ararat. And Esar-haddon, his son, became king in his place.

Matthew Henry on Judges 9:23-50

Gaal's Insurrection; Gaal's Defeat. ( b. c. 1206.) 22 When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel, 23 Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech: 24 That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren. 25 And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him… Read the whole commentary →

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