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Judges 9:46

On hearing of this, all the leaders in the tower of Shechem entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

When all the men of the tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered into the stronghold of the house of Elberith.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And when all the men of the towre of Shechem heard it, they entred into an holde of the house of the god Berith.

Darby Translation

And all the men of the tower of Shechem heard [that], and they entered into the stronghold of the house of the god Berith.

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,

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“an hold”

Judges 8:33 Judges 9:4 Psalm 115:8 Judges 9:27 1 Kings 8:26 2 Kings 1:2–4

Judges 8:33 · BSB

And as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up Baal-berith as their god.

Judges 9:4 · BSB

So they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the temple of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired some worthless and reckless men to follow him.

Psalm 115:8 · BSB

Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.

Judges 9:27 · BSB

And after they had gone out into the fields, gathered grapes from their vineyards, and trodden them, they held a festival and went into the house of their god; and as they ate and drank, they cursed Abimelech.

1 Kings 8:26 · BSB

And now, O God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant, my father David.

2 Kings 1:2–4 · BSB

Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers and instructed them: “Go inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this injury…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

45And all that day Abimelech fought against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he demolished the city and sowed it with salt.

47And when Abimelech was told that all the leaders in the tower of Shechem were gathered there,

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