47When Abimelech heard that they had assembled there,


In Context

44 Abimelech and the companies with him rushed forward to a position at the entrance to the city gate. Then two companies rushed upon those in the fields and struck them down.

45 All that day Abimelech pressed his attack against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he destroyed the city and scattered salt over it.

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

47 When Abimelech heard that they had assembled there,

48 he and all his men went up Mount Zalmon. He took an ax and cut off some branches, which he lifted to his shoulders. He ordered the men with him, "Quick! Do what you have seen me do!"

49 So all the men cut branches and followed Abimelech. They piled them against the stronghold and set it on fire over the people inside. So all the people in the tower of Shechem, about a thousand men and women, also died.

Judges 9:47 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:47And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:47Abimelech also hearing that the men of the tower of Sichem were gathered together,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:47And it was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:47Abim'elech was told that all the people of the Tower of Shechem were gathered together.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:47And it was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:47And it was told to Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were assembled.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:47It was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:47and it is declared to Abimelech that all the masters of the tower of Shechem have gathered themselves together,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:47And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.