45 And when Abimelech had fought against the city all that day, he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and destroyed the city, and sowed [a]salt in it.

46 ¶ And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard it, they entered into an hold of the house of the god [b]Berith.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 9:45 That it should be unfruitful, and never serve to any use.
  2. Judges 9:46 That is, of Baal-Berith, as Judg. 8:33.

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