Judges 9:46
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“On hearing of this, all the leaders in the tower of Shechem entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith.”
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“On hearing of this, all the leaders in the tower of Shechem entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard thereof, they entered into the stronghold of the house of Elberith.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And all the masters of the tower of Shechem hear, and go in unto the high place of the house of the god Berith,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Judges 9:46 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 10:18So Joshua said, “Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and post men there to guard them.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1 Kings 8:26And now, O God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant, my father David.
- 2 Kings 1:2Now 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 injury.”
- Psalms 115:8Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.
- Isaiah 28:15For 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 hiding place.”
- 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.
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