All the people likewise each cut down his bough, followed Abimelech, and put them at the base of the stronghold, and set the stronghold on fire over them, so that all the people of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.
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All the people likewise each cut down his bough, followed Abimelech, and put them at the base of the stronghold, and set the stronghold on fire over them, so that all the people of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.
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And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.
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And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.
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Passages linked to Judges 9:49 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Judges 9:15 “The bramble said to the trees, ‘If in truth you anoint me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.’
- 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.”
- Galatians 5:15 But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you don’t consume one another.
- James 3:16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Meaning, that all were destroyed as well they in…
Meaning, that all were destroyed as well they in the tower, as the other.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 9:49 And all the people likewise cut down…
Jdg 9:49 And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put [them] to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.
Ver. 49. All the men of the tower of Shechem.] Who were, probably, those men of Millo that had helped to make Abimelech king; and so Jotham’s parable was fulfilled.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Then went Abimelech to Thebez,.... Which, according to Ben…
Then went Abimelech to Thebez,.... Which, according to Ben Gersom, had rebelled against him; it was near to Shechem. Adrichomius says (p), the ruins, where he thinks stood the city of Thebez, were but one furlong from Neapolis or Shechem, where, to the left of Jacob's well, were to be seen ruins of a large town, marble stones, whole pillars, and other signs of large palaces, and the soil wonderfully fruitful; and Jerome says (q), that in his time there was a village called Thebes, on the borders of Neapolis or Shechem, as you go to Scythopolis, thirteen miles from it. It must be near Shechem, inhabited by Shechemites, to fulfil Jotham's curse, Jdg 9:20.
and encamped against Thebez, and took it: it seems not to have held out long, being deserted by its inhabitants, who fled to the tower, as follows.
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(p) Theatrum Terrae Sanct. p. 70. (q) De loc. Heb. 95. D.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain And so. Hebrew and Septuagint, "upon them, so that…
And so. Hebrew and Septuagint, "upon them, so that all the men of the tower of Sichem died also, about a thousand men and women." The sanctity of the place where they had taken refuge, made no impression upon the tyrant’s mind, who was equally devoid of religion as of humanity. (Haydock)
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 49. Set the hold on fire upon them —…
49. Set the hold on fire upon them — Burned down the house of Baal-berith, so that those who had fled for refuge into its cellars and secret holds perished under its falling ruins. Some, doubtless, were burned, others suffocated by the smoke of the green wood, while others were crushed under falling beams.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 49. upon them] See Jdg_9:46 n.
49. upon them] See Jdg_9:46 n.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Set the hold on fire thus literally fulfilling Jotham"s…
Set the hold on fire thus literally fulfilling Jotham"s curse in vers. 15 and 20. It is thought by many that those who thus perished miserably by suffocation and fire in the hold of the temple of Baal-berith had taken sanctuary there, not occupied it for the purposes of defence.
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