Judges 9:52

American Standard Version (1901)

And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and drew near unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.

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  • Judg 9:48-49 : 48 And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it up, and laid it on his shoulder: and he said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done. 49 And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the stronghold, and set the stronghold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.
  • 2 Kgs 14:10 : 10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thy heart hath lifted thee up: glory thereof, and abide at home; for why shouldest thou meddle to [thy] hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
  • 2 Kgs 15:16 : 16 Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the borders thereof, from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.

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  • Judg 9:38-51
    14 verses
    83%

    38Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, that thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that thou hast despised? go out now, I pray, and fight with them.

    39And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.

    40And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and there fell many wounded, even unto the entrance of the gate.

    41And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul drove out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem.

    42And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech.

    43And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field; and he looked, and, behold, the people came forth out of the city; And he rose up against them, and smote them.

    44And Abimelech, and the companies that were with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city: and the two companies rushed upon all that were in the field, and smote them.

    45And 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.

    46And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard thereof, they entered into the stronghold of the house of El-berith.

    47And it was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.

    48And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it up, and laid it on his shoulder: and he said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.

    49And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the stronghold, and set the stronghold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.

    50Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.

    51But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut themselves in, and gat them up to the roof of the tower.

  • Judg 9:53-54
    2 verses
    78%

    53And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon Abimelech's head, and brake his skull.

    54Then he called hastily unto the young man his armorbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and kill me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.

  • Judg 9:18-22
    5 verses
    76%

    18and ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maid-servant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother);

    19if ye then have dealt truly and uprightly with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you:

    20but if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.

    21And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.

    22And Abimelech was prince over Israel three years.

  • Judg 9:29-35
    7 verses
    72%

    29And would that this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out.

    30And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.

    31And he sent messengers unto Abimelech craftily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren are come to Shechem; and, behold, they constrain the city [to take part] against thee.

    32Now therefore, up by night, thou and the people that are with thee, and lie in wait in the field:

    33and it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and rush upon the city; and, behold, when he and the people that are with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them [ as thou shalt find occasion.

    34And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.

    35And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from the ambushment.

  • 2 Sam 20:15
    70%

    15And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart; and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.

  • Judg 9:6
    70%

    6And all the men of Shechem assembled themselves together, and all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king, by the oak of the pillar that was in Shechem.

  • Judg 9:1
    70%

    1And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and spake with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,

  • Judg 9:56
    70%

    56Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren;

  • 2 Sam 11:20-21
    2 verses
    69%

    20it shall be that, if the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore went ye so nigh unto the city to fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?

    21who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast an upper millstone upon him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? why went ye so nigh the wall? then shalt thou say, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

  • Judg 9:27
    69%

    27And they went out into the field, and gathered their vineyards, and trod [the grapes], and held festival, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.

  • Judg 1:8
    69%

    8And the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.

  • Gen 20:4
    68%

    4Now Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay even a righteous nation?

  • Judg 8:17
    68%

    17And he brake down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.

  • Judg 9:24-25
    2 verses
    68%

    24that the violence done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and that their blood might be laid upon Abimelech their brother, who slew them, and upon the men of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to slay his brethren.

    25And the men of Shechem set liers-in-wait for him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech.

  • Ezek 26:9
    68%

    9And he shall set his battering engines against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.

  • Judg 8:9
    67%

    9And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.

  • Judg 9:16
    67%

    16Now therefore, if ye have dealt truly and uprightly, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands

  • Gen 26:11
    67%

    11And Abimelech charged all the people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

  • Gen 19:9
    67%

    9And they said, Stand back. And they said, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and drew near to break the door.

  • Gen 26:26
    67%

    26Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his host.

  • Gen 20:9
    67%

    9Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and wherein have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.