Judges 9:46

In 11 translations

BSB

On hearing of this, all the leaders in the tower of Shechem entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith.El-berith was another name for Baal-berith; see verse 4.

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

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

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,

DBY

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

DRC

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.

GNV

And when all the men of the towre of Shechem heard it, they entred into an holde of the house of the god Berith.

JPS

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

LXXE

And all the men of the tower of Sychem heard, and came to the gathering of Bæthel-berith.Some read ὀχύρωμα.

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WLC

וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֔וּ כָּֽל־בַּעֲלֵ֖י מִֽגְדַּל־שְׁכֶ֑ם וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ אֶל־צְרִ֔יחַ בֵּ֖ית אֵ֥ל בְּרִֽית׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἤκουσαν πάντες οἱ ἄνδρες πύργου Συχὲμ, καὶ ἦλθον εἰς συνέλευσιν Βαιθηλβερίθ.

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• Judges 8:33And as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up Baal-berith as their god.
• Psalms 115:8Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.
• Judges 9:4So they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the temple of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired some worthless and reckless men to follow him.
• Isaiah 37:38One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.
• 2 Kings 1:2–4Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers and instructed them: “Go inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this…
• 1 Kings 8:26And now, O God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant, my father David.
• Judges 9:27And after they had gone out into the fields, gathered grapes from their vineyards, and trodden them, they held a festival and went into the house of their god; and as they ate and drank, they cursed Abimelech.
• Isaiah 28:15–18For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our…

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