Judges 9:45
“And Abimelech fought against the citie all that day, and he tooke the citie, and slewe the people that was therein, and beat downe the citie, and sowed it with salt.”
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Judges 9:45 Context
43And he tooke the people, and diuided them into three companies, and laide waite in the field, and looked, and behold, the people were come forth out of the citie, and he rose vp against them, and smote them. 44And Abimelech, and the companie that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entring of the gate of the citie: and the two other companies ranne vpon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them. 45And Abimelech fought against the citie all that day, and he tooke the citie, and slewe the people that was therein, and beat downe the citie, and sowed it with salt. 46¶ And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entred into an holde of the house of the god Berith. 47And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the towre of Shechem were gathered together.
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Other Translations for Judges 9:45
And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that [was] therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.
- King James Version
Abimelech fought against the city all that day, and he captured the city and killed the people who {were} in it; then he razed the city and sowed it with salt.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that were therein: and he beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And all that day Abimelech was fighting against the town; and he took it, and put to death the people who were in it, and had the town pulled down and covered with salt.
- Basic English Bible
And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that were in it, and broke down the city, and sowed it with salt.
- Darby Bible
And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that were in it, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.
- Webster's Bible
Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and killed the people who were therein: and he beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.
- World English Bible
and Abimelech hath fought against the city all that day, and captureth the city, and the people who [are] in it he hath slain, and he breaketh down the city, and soweth it [with] salt.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that were therein; and he beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Judges 9:45
9:45 With salt - In token of his desire of their utter and irrecoverable destruction.