JDG 9:46 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Καὶ ἤκουσαν πάντες οἱ ἄνδρες πύργου Συχὲμ, καὶ ἦλθον εἰς συνέλευσιν Βαιθηλβερίθ.
(Kai aʸkousan pantes hoi andres purgou Suⱪem, kai aʸlthon eis suneleusin Baithaʸlberith.)

BrTr And all the men of the tower of Sychem heard, and came to the [fn]gathering of Bæthel-berith.

ULT And all of the lords of the tower of Shechem heard, and they entered into the citadel of the house of El-Berith.

UST A group of soldiers lived in a fortress near Shechem that had a defensive tower. When their commanders heard what had happened, all of them went inside the fortress, which was also a temple of their god El-Berith.

BSB & MSB On hearing of this, all the leaders in the tower of Shechem entered the inner chamber of the temple of El -berith.[fn]

9:46 El-berith was another name for Baal-berith; see verse 4.

OEB No OEB JDG 9:46 book available

WEBBE & WMBB When all the men of the tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered into the stronghold of the house of Elberith.

NET When all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem heard the news, they went to the stronghold of the temple of El-Berith.

LSV And all the masters of the Tower of Shechem hear, and go into the high place of the house of the god Berith,

FBV When all the leaders of the tower of Shechem realized what had happened, they took refuge in the strongroom of the temple of El-berith.

T4T When the leaders who lived in the tower/fortress outside of Shechem heard what had happened, they ran and hid inside the fortress, which was also a temple of their god El-Berith.

LEB When all the lords of the tower of Shechem heard, they went to the vault[fn] of the temple[fn] of El-Berith.

9:46 Or “cellar”

9:46 Or “house”

BBE Then all the townsmen of the tower of Shechem, hearing of it, went into the inner room of the house of El-berith.

Moff No Moff JDG 9:46 book available

JPS And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard thereof, they entered into the hold of the house of El-berith.

ASV And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard thereof, they entered into the stronghold of the house of Elberith.

DRA And when they who dwelt in the tower of Sichem had heard this, they went into the temple of their god Berith where they had made a covenant with him, and from thence the place had taken its name, and it was exceeding strong.

YLT And all the masters of the tower of Shechem hear, and go in unto the high place of the house of the god Berith,

Drby And all the men of the tower of Shechem heard [that], and they entered into the stronghold of the house of the [fn]god Berith.

9.46 El

RV And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard thereof, they entered into the hold of the house of El-berith.

SLT And all the lords of the tower of Shechem will hear, and they will go in to the tower of the god of the covenant.

Wbstr And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that , they entered into a hold of the house of the god Berith.

KJB-1769 ¶ And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.

KJB-1611 ¶ And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entred into an holde of the house of the god Berith.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps And when all the men of the towre of Sichem heard that, they entred into an holde of the house of the god Berith.
(And when all the men of the tower of Sichem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.)

Gnva And when all the men of the towre of Shechem heard it, they entred into an holde of the house of the god Berith.
(And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard it, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.)

Cvdl Whan all the men of the tower of Sichem herde this, they wente in to a stronge holde of ye house of their God Berith.
(When all the men of the tower of Sichem herd/heard this, they went in to a stronghold of ye/you_all house of their God Berith.)

Wycl And whanne thei, that dwelliden in the tour of Sichem, hadde herd this, thei entriden in to the temple of her god Berith, where thei hadden maad boond of pees with hym; and of that the place took name, which place was ful strong.
(And when they, that dwelled/dwelt in the tour of Sichem, had heard this, they entered in to the temple of her god Berith, where they had made bond of peace with him; and of that the place took name, which place was full strong.)

Luth Da das höreten alle Männer des Turms zu Sichem, gingen sie in die Festung des Hauses des Gottes Berith.
(So the heard all men the towers to/for Sichem, went they/she/them in the fortress the houses(n) the God’s Berith.)

ClVg Quod cum audissent qui habitabant in turre Sichimorum, ingressi sunt fanum dei sui Berith, ubi fœdus cum eo pepigerant, et ex eo locus nomen acceperat: qui erat munitus valde.
(That when/with they_would_hear who/which they_lived in/into/on tower Shechemites, having_entered are temple of_god self Berith, where covenant when/with by_him they_had_agreed, and from by_him place name had_received: who/which was fortified very_much.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-participants

בַּעֲלֵ֖י מִֽגְדַּל־שְׁכֶ֑ם

(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_heard all/each/any/every masters_of tower of Shekem and=they_came to/towards stronghold_of house_of ʼĒl- -berith )

Here the author is probably re-introducing participants to the story whom he has mentioned earlier. They seem to be the same people who are described in [9:6](../09/06.md) as “Beth Millo,” officers from a military post near the city that included its defensive tower. If your language has its own way of re-introducing participants, you can use it here in your translation. Alternate translation: [the officers of the military post that included the tower of Shechem]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בֵּ֖ית

(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_heard all/each/any/every masters_of tower of Shekem and=they_came to/towards stronghold_of house_of ʼĒl- -berith )

See how you translated the same expression in [9:4](../09/04.md). Alternate translation: [the temple of]

Note 3 topic: translate-names

אֵ֥ל בְּרִֽית

ʼĒl- (Some words not found in UHB: and=they_heard all/each/any/every masters_of tower of Shekem and=they_came to/towards stronghold_of house_of ʼĒl- -berith )

The expression El-Berith seems to be another name for the false god that is called Baal-Berith in [8:33](../08/33.md) and [9:4](../09/04.md). El-Berith means “god of the covenant,” while Baal-Berith means “master of the covenant.” So that readers will know that this is the same false god, you could use the name Baal-Berith here, or you could use a general expression. Alternate translation: [their false god]

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Abimelech Seizes Power

Judges 9

Virtually every account in the book of Judges paints this formative period in Israel’s history as a very dark, brutal time when everyone did what was right in their own eyes (Judges 17:6; 21:25). The story of Abimelech’s rise to power is no exception. Judges 6-8 recounts the heroic deeds of Gideon, a Manassite from the clan of Abiezer who rescued the Israelites from the Midianites. After Gideon’s victory, he returned to his hometown of Ophrah, and Israel enjoyed peace for the rest of his lifetime. But Gideon also left a legacy of idolatry by him, by his family, and by many Israelites. Gideon had many wives and seventy sons, as well as a concubine in Shechem who gave birth to another son named Abimelech (Judges 8:29-32). It appears that when Abimelech grew up, he settled in Arumah, (Judges 9:31), just outside Manassite territory in the tribal allotment of Ephraim (Joshua 16-17; see “Poster Map of the Tribe of Manasseh (West) and Its Surroundings, circa 1200 B.C.” map). Perhaps this move to non-Manassite territory reflected Abimelech’s lack of a legitimate heritage from his Manassite father. Later, Abimelech visited his relatives in Shechem and convinced them to persuade the leaders of Shechem to make him ruler over the city. To ensure that none of his seventy brothers, who were legitimate heirs to Gideon, challenged his authority, Abimelech went to Ophrah and killed all but one of them. The only brother to escape was Jotham, the youngest, and he went to the top of Mount Gerizim and warned them against betraying Gideon by making Abimelech king. Then he fled to the town of Beer, perhaps the same as Beeroth near the town of Gibeon. After three years, however, the leaders of Shechem began to grow dissatisfied with Abimelech as their king, and a man named Gaal offered to rule in place of him. Abimelech’s ally Zebul, who was one of the leaders of Shechem, went to Arumah and told Abimelech what Gaal was planning to do. So Gideon and his men split up into four groups and secretly surrounded the city at night. Then they attacked Gaal’s men, and Gaal’s men retreated into Shechem. Zebul drove them back out into the fields, and Abimelech’s men defeated them and captured the city. Some of the leaders of Shechem fled into the temple of El-berith (or Baal-berith), but Abimelech and his men cut down branches from Mount Zalmon (likely Mount Ebal just north of Shechem) and set fire to the temple, killing about 1000 people inside. Then Abimelech and his men went to Thebez and attacked the city. Many of the citizens took refuge inside a strong tower in the town, and Abimelech prepared to set fire to the entrance. But a woman on the roof dropped a millstone on his head, crushing his skull, so Abimelech commanded his armor bearer to kill him.

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Abimelech Seizes Power