Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version On hearing this, the citizens in the tower of Shechem went into the stronghold of the temple of El-Berith. New Living Translation When the leading citizens who lived in the tower of Shechem heard what had happened, they ran and hid in the temple of Baal-berith. English Standard Version When all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered the stronghold of the house of El-berith. Berean Standard Bible On hearing of this, all the leaders in the tower of Shechem entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith. King James Bible And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith. New King James Version Now when all the men of the tower of Shechem had heard that, they entered the stronghold of the temple of the god Berith. New American Standard Bible When all the leaders of the tower of Shechem heard about it, they entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith. NASB 1995 When all the leaders of the tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith. NASB 1977 When all the leaders of the tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith. Legacy Standard Bible Then all the lords of the tower of Shechem heard of it, and they entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith. Amplified Bible When all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem heard about it, they entered the inner chamber (stronghold) of the temple of El-berith (the god of a covenant). Christian Standard Bible When all the citizens of the Tower of Shechem heard, they entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith. Holman Christian Standard Bible When all the lords of the Tower of Shechem heard, they entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith. American Standard Version And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard thereof, they entered into the stronghold of the house of Elberith. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And all the Lords of the Tower of Shekeem heard and they came to make a covenant with Bayth Eil Brenton Septuagint Translation And all the men of the tower of Sychem heard, and came to the gathering of Baethel-berith. Contemporary English Version Earlier that day, the leaders of the temple of El Berith at Shechem had heard about the attack. So they went into the temple fortress, Douay-Rheims Bible And when they who dwelt in the tower of Sichem had heard this, they went into the temple of their god Berith where they had made a covenant with him, and from thence the place had taken its name, and it was exceeding strong. English Revised Version And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard thereof, they entered into the hold of the house of El-berith. GOD'S WORD® Translation All the citizens of Shechem's Tower heard about it and went into the basement of the temple of El Berith. Good News Translation When all the leading men in the fort at Shechem heard about this, they sought safety in the stronghold of the temple of Baal-of-the-Covenant. International Standard Version When all the "lords" at the tower of Shechem heard what had happened, they retreated into the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith. JPS Tanakh 1917 And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard thereof, they entered into the hold of the house of El-berith. Literal Standard Version And all the masters of the Tower of Shechem hear, and go into the high place of the house of the god Berith, Majority Standard Bible On hearing of this, all the leaders in the tower of Shechem entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith. New American Bible When they heard of this, all the lords of the Migdal-shechem went into the crypt of the temple of El-berith. NET Bible When all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem heard the news, they went to the stronghold of the temple of El-Berith. New Revised Standard Version When all the lords of the Tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered the stronghold of the temple of El-berith. New Heart English Bible And when all the lords of the Tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered into the stronghold of the house of El Berith. Webster's Bible Translation And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into a hold of the house of the god Berith. World English Bible When all the men of the tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered into the stronghold of the house of Elberith. Young's Literal Translation And all the masters of the tower of Shechem hear, and go in unto the high place of the house of the god Berith, Additional Translations ... Context The Fall of Shechem…45And all that day Abimelech fought against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he demolished the city and sowed it with salt. 46On hearing of this, all the leaders in the tower of Shechem entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith. 47And when Abimelech was told that all the leaders in the tower of Shechem were gathered there,… Cross References Judges 8:33 And as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up Baal-berith as their god. Judges 9:27 And after they had gone out into the fields, gathered grapes from their vineyards, and trodden them, they held a festival and went into the house of their god; and as they ate and drank, they cursed Abimelech. Judges 9:47 And when Abimelech was told that all the leaders in the tower of Shechem were gathered there, Treasury of Scripture And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith. an hold Judges 9:4,27 And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him… Judges 8:33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god. 1 Kings 8:26 And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father. Jump to Previous Berith Chamber Citizens Entered Hear Heard Hearing High Hold House Inner Leaders Masters Room Shechem Stronghold Temple Thereof Tower TownsmenJump to Next Berith Chamber Citizens Entered Hear Heard Hearing High Hold House Inner Leaders Masters Room Shechem Stronghold Temple Thereof Tower TownsmenJudges 9 1. Abimelech by conspiracy with the Shechemites, and murder of his brothers, is made king7. Jotham by a parable rebukes them, and foretells their ruin 22. Gaal conspires with the Shechemites against him 30. Zebul reveals it 34. Abimelech overcomes them, and sows the city with salt 46. He burns the hold of the god Berith 50. At Thebez he is slain by a piece of a millstone 56. Jotham's curse is fulfilled. (46) The men of the tower of Shechem.--Evidently the garrison of the house of Millo (Judges 9:6). Entered into an hold.--The word for "hold" occurs in 1Samuel 13:6 ("high place"). The LXX. render it "a fortress" (ochuroma); Luther, "Festung." In the 'thiopic Version of Mark 16:15 a similar word is used for "upper room." The Vulg. has, "They entered the fane of their god Berith, where they had made their league with him, and from this the place had received its name, and it was strongly fortified." Of the house of the god Berith.--Similarly. Arcesilas burnt the Cyrenaens in a tower (Herod. iv. 164), and in 1 Maccabees 5:43 the defeated enemy fly for refuge to the temple of Ashtaroth in Karnaim, which Judas takes and burns. Verse 46. - The men of the tower of Sechem. The tower of Shechem is no doubt the same fortified building as was spoken of in vers. 6 and 20 by the name of the house of Millo (see note to ver. 6). An, or rather the, hold. The word so rendered occurs elsewhere only in 1 Samuel 13:6, where it is rendered high places, and is coupled with caves, thickets, rocks, and pits, as one of the hiding-places of the Israelites from the Philistines. It was probably some kind of keep built on an eminence, and the place where the treasure of the temple was kept (ver. 4). It appears from the narrative that the tower of Shechem, or house of Millo, was not actually part of Shechem, nor immediately contiguous, since the report of the capture of Shechem had to be carried thither. The god Berith. It should rather be El-berith, the same as Baal-berith in ver. 4 - El, i.e. god, being substituted for Baal.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew On hearing of this,וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֔וּ (way·yiš·mə·‘ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently all כָּֽל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the leaders בַּעֲלֵ֖י (ba·‘ă·lê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1167: A master, a husband, owner in the tower מִֽגְדַּל־ (miḡ·dal-) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 4026: A tower, a rostrum, a, bed of flowers of Shechem שְׁכֶ֑ם (šə·ḵem) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 7927: Shechem -- 'ridge', a district in Northern Palestine, also a son of Hamor entered וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ (way·yā·ḇō·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go the inner chamber צְרִ֔יחַ (ṣə·rî·aḥ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6877: Perhaps excavation, underground chamber of the temple בֵּ֖ית (bêṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1004: A house of El-berith. בְּרִֽית׃ (bə·rîṯ) Noun - proper Strong's 1286: A Shechemite deity Links Judges 9:46 NIVJudges 9:46 NLT Judges 9:46 ESV Judges 9:46 NASB Judges 9:46 KJV Judges 9:46 BibleApps.com Judges 9:46 Biblia Paralela Judges 9:46 Chinese Bible Judges 9:46 French Bible Judges 9:46 Catholic Bible OT History: Judges 9:46 When all the men of the tower (Jd Judg. 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