Judges 9:45-47

Expanded Bible

⁴⁵ Abimelech and his men fought the city of Shechem all day until they captured it and killed its people. Then he ·tore it down [razed/leveled the city] and ·threw salt over the ruins [^Lsowed it with salt; ^Cto symbolize destruction and desolation; Deut. 29:23; Ps. 107:34].

The Tower of Shechem Burns

⁴⁶ When the ·leaders [leading citizens; lords] who were in the Tower of Shechem [^Ceither a nearby town or a structure within Shechem; v. 6] heard what had happened to Shechem, they gathered in the ·safest room [stronghold; inner chamber] of the temple of El Berith [9:4]. ⁴⁷ Abimelech heard that all the ·leaders [leading citizens; lords] of the Tower of Shechem had gathered there.