46When all the people of the Tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered the stronghold of the house of El-be'rith.


In Context

43 He took his men and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the fields; and he looked and saw the men coming out of the city, and he rose against them and slew them.

44 Abim'elech and the company that was with him rushed forward and stood at the entrance of the gate of the city, while the two companies rushed upon all who were in the fields and slew them.

45 And Abim'elech fought against the city all that day; he took the city, and killed the people that were in it; and he razed the city and sowed it with salt.

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

47 Abim'elech was told that all the people of the Tower of Shechem were gathered together.

48 And Abim'elech went up to Mount Zalmon, he and all the men that were with him; and Abim'elech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bundle of brushwood, and took it up and laid it on his shoulder. And he said to the men that were with him, |What you have seen me do, make haste to do, as I have done.|

Judges 9:46 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

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

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:46And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard [that,] they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:46And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:46And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard thereof, they entered into the stronghold of the house of Elberith.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:46And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard thereof, they entered into the hold of the house of El-berith.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:46And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into a hold of the house of the god Berith.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:46When all the men of the tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered into the stronghold of the house of Elberith.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:46And all the masters of the tower of Shechem hear, and go in unto the high place of the house of the god Berith,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:46And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.