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Judges 9:45-47
Amplified Bible
Judges 9:45-47
Amplified Bible
45 Abimelech fought against the city that entire day. He took the city and killed the people who were in it; he demolished the city and [a]sowed it with salt.
46 When all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem heard about it, they entered the inner chamber (stronghold) of the [b]temple of El-berith (the god of a covenant). 47 Abimelech was told that all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem were assembled together.
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- Judges 9:45 Even if Abimelech had been able to supply enough salt, spreading it over Shechem was not intended to actually make the ground unproductive; it was a symbol of perpetual desolation, and a warning that Shechem should never be rebuilt. However, Shechem was later rebuilt (1 Kin 12:25).
- Judges 9:46 Lit house.
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