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50 Abimelech moved on[a] to Thebez; he besieged and captured it.[b] 51 There was a fortified[c] tower[d] in the center of the city, so all the men and women, as well as the city’s leaders, ran into it and locked the entrance. Then they went up to the roof of the tower. 52 Abimelech came and attacked the tower. When he approached the entrance of the tower to set it on fire,

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 9:50 tn Or “went.”
  2. Judges 9:50 tn Heb “he camped near Thebez and captured it.”
  3. Judges 9:51 tn Or “strong.”
  4. Judges 9:51 tn Or “fortress.” The same Hebrew term occurs once more in this verse and twice in v. 52.