But there was a strong tower within the city, and all the men and women of the city fled there, and shut themselves in, and went up to the roof of the tower.
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But there was a strong tower within the city, and all the men and women of the city fled there, and shut themselves in, and went up to the roof of the tower.
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But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower.
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But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, even all they of the city, and shut themselves in, and got them up to the roof of the tower.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 9:51 But there was a strong tower within…
Jdg 9:51 But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut [it] to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower.
Ver. 51. Thither fled all the men and women.] As all creatures in times of danger run to their refuges. {Pro 30:26; Pro 18:11 Psa 104:18 Dan 4:10-11}
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain All the men and women; all that were not…
All the men and women; all that were not slain in the taking of the town; or they all forsook the town, and retired to their strong hold.
The top of the tower was flat and plain, after their manner of building.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Abimelech came unto the tower,.... With his army…
And Abimelech came unto the tower,.... With his army to besiege it:
and fought against it; using all the methods he could to oblige those in it to surrender:
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and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire; in order to get entrance into it; and perhaps the tower was built of stone, so that no other part could be set fire to; and to do this he drew near to the door himself, for nothing more is meant by the phrase, "went hard", than drawing near in his own person to the door; hazarding his life in the enterprise, being so bent upon it, thinking to do by this tower what he had done to the hold of the temple of Baalberith.
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain And all - All that were not slain in…
And all - All that were not slain in the taking of the town. Top of the tower - Which was flat and plain, after their manner of building.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Battlements, or roof of the tower, which was flat.…
Battlements, or roof of the tower, which was flat. Hence the defendants hurled down stones, &c., upon the enemy.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain all the men and women, . . . gat…
all the men and women, . . . gat them up to the top of the tower--The Canaanite forts were generally mountain fastnesses or keeps, and they often had a strong tower which served as a last refuge. The Assyrian bas-reliefs afford counterparts of the scene here described so vivid and exact, that we might almost suppose them to be representations of the same historic events. The besieged city--the strong tower within--the men and women crowding its battlements--the fire applied to the doors, and even the huge fragments of stone dropping from the hands of one of the garrison on the heads of the assailants, are all well represented to the life--just as they are here described in the narrative of inspired truth [GOSS].
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 51. A strong tower within the city — Unwalled…
51. A strong tower within the city — Unwalled cities and villages were often provided with such a strong tower or castle, to which the inhabitants resorted in time of danger. Walled cities, too, sometimes had a tower built in the wall.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 51. and all they of the city] (even) all…
51. and all they of the city] (even) all the citizens of the city, the same word as that translated men in Jdg_9:2 (see note), Jdg_9:23; Jdg_9:26 etc.; and should be omitted, unless citizens means ‘the chief men,’ which is not the case elsewhere in this chapter.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (51) There was a strong tower within the city.—This…
(51) There was a strong tower within the city.—This constant mention of towers and strongholds (Jdg_8:9, &c.) shows the disturbed state of the country, which probably resembled the state of England in the days of King Stephen.
To the top of the tower.—“Standing about the battlements upon the roof of the tower” (Vulg.).
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain They of the city. In Hebrew (baaley) the men…
They of the city. In Hebrew (baaley) the men of the city, i.e. the owners or citizens, the same phrase as is used throughout the chapter of the men of Shechem. (cf. Jos_24:11 1Sa_23:11, 1Sa_23:12) The English phrase master, or my masters, is very similar. The A.V has here paraphrased it they of the city, to avoid the repetition of the word men. The top the flat roof or house-top.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.