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Judges 9:47

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And it was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.

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Judges 9:47 in other translations

Abimelech was told that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.

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Judges 9:47 in context

  1. 45And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that were therein: and he beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.
  2. 46And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard thereof, they entered into the stronghold of the house of Elberith.
  3. 47And it was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.
  4. 48And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it up, and laid it on his shoulder: and he said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.
  5. 49And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the stronghold, and set the stronghold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.