Judges Chapter 9 verse 46 Holy Bible
And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard thereof, they entered into the stronghold of the house of Elberith.
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Then all the townsmen of the tower of Shechem, hearing of it, went into the inner room of the house of El-berith.
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When all the people of the Tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered the stronghold of the house of El-be'rith.
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And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.
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And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into a hold of the house of the god Berith.
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When all the men of the tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered into the stronghold of the house of Elberith.
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And all the masters of the tower of Shechem hear, and go in unto the high place of the house of the god Berith,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 46. - The men of the tower of Sechem. The tower of Shechem is no doubt the same fortified building as was spoken of in vers. 6 and 20 by the name of the house of Millo (see note to ver. 6). An, or rather the, hold. The word so rendered occurs elsewhere only in 1 Samuel 13:6, where it is rendered high places, and is coupled with caves, thickets, rocks, and pits, as one of the hiding-places of the Israelites from the Philistines. It was probably some kind of keep built on an eminence, and the place where the treasure of the temple was kept (ver. 4). It appears from the narrative that the tower of Shechem, or house of Millo, was not actually part of Shechem, nor immediately contiguous, since the report of the capture of Shechem had to be carried thither. The god Berith. It should rather be El-berith, the same as Baal-berith in ver. 4 - El, i.e. god, being substituted for Baal.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(46) The men of the tower of Shechem.--Evidently the garrison of the house of Millo (Judges 9:6).Entered into an hold.--The word for "hold" occurs in 1Samuel 13:6 ("high place"). The LXX. render it "a fortress" (ochuroma); Luther, "Festung." In the 'thiopic Version of Mark 16:15 a similar word is used for "upper room." The Vulg. has, "They entered the fane of their god Berith, where they had made their league with him, and from this the place had received its name, and it was strongly fortified."Of the house of the god Berith.--Similarly. Arcesilas burnt the Cyrenaens in a tower (Herod. iv. 164), and in 1 Maccabees 5:43 the defeated enemy fly for refuge to the temple of Ashtaroth in Karnaim, which Judas takes and burns.
