44 And Abimelech, and the bands that were with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two other bands ran upon all the people that were in the field, and slew them.

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.

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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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