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Judges 9:49
New English Translation
Judges 9:49
New English Translation
49 So each of his men also cut off a branch and followed Abimelech. They put the branches[a] against the stronghold and set fire to it.[b] All the people[c] of the Tower of Shechem died—about 1,000 men and women.
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- Judges 9:49 tn The words “the branches” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
- Judges 9:49 tn Heb “they kindled over them the stronghold with fire.”
- Judges 9:49 tn Or “men,” but the word seems to have a more general sense here, as the conclusion to the sentence suggests.
Judges 9:49
New International Version
Judges 9:49
New International Version
49 So all the men cut branches and followed Abimelek. They piled them against the stronghold and set it on fire with the people still inside. So all the people in the tower of Shechem, about a thousand men and women, also died.
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