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Judges 9:51

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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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Judges 9:51 in other translations

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 themselves in, and gat them up to the roof of the tower.

Judges 9:51 · American Standard Version

Judges 9:51 in context

  1. 49All the people likewise each cut down his bough, followed Abimelech, and put them at the base of the stronghold, and set the stronghold on fire over them, so that all the people of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.
  2. 50Then Abimelech went to Thebez and encamped against Thebez, and took it.
  3. 51But 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.
  4. 52Abimelech came to the tower and fought against it, and came near to the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
  5. 53A certain woman cast an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, and broke his skull.