45 So Abimelech fought against the city that entire day, captured it, and killed the people who were in it. Then he tore down the city and sowed it with salt.(A)

46 When all the citizens of the Tower of Shechem heard, they entered the inner chamber[a] of the temple of El-berith.[b] 47 Then it was reported to Abimelech that all the citizens of the Tower of Shechem had gathered.

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Footnotes

  1. 9:46 Or the crypt, or the vault
  2. 9:46 = God of the Covenant

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