Judges 9:46 On hearing this, the citizens in the tower of Shechem went into the stronghold of the temple of El-Berith.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
On hearing this, the citizens in the tower of Shechem went into the stronghold of the temple of El-Berith.

English Standard Version
When all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered the stronghold of the house of El-berith.

New American Standard Bible
When all the leaders of the tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith.

King James Bible
And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When all the lords of the Tower of Shechem heard, they entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith.

International Standard Version
When all the "lords" at the tower of Shechem heard what had happened, they retreated into the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith.

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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when they who dwelt in the tower of Sichem had heard this, they went into the temple of their god Berith where they had made a covenant with him, and from thence the place had taken its name, and it was exceeding strong.

Darby Bible Translation
When all the people of the Tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered the stronghold of the house of El-be'rith.

Young's Literal Translation
And all the masters of the tower of Shechem hear, and go in unto the high place of the house of the god Berith,

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

9:30-49 Abimelech intended to punish the Schechemites for slighting him now, but God punished them for their serving him formerly in the murder of Gideon's sons. When God uses men as instruments in his hand to do his work, he means one thing, and they another. That, which they hoped would have been for their welfare, proved a snare and a trap, as those will certainly find, who run to idols for shelter; such will prove a refuge of lies.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

28-45. would to God this people were under my hand—He seems to have been a boastful, impudent, and cowardly person, totally unfit to be a leader in a revolutionary crisis. The consequence was that he allowed himself to be drawn into an ambush, was defeated, the city of Shechem destroyed and strewn with salt. The people took refuge in the stronghold, which was set on fire, and all in it perished.