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Summary
And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.
He took
Bible References
He took
Judges 9:20
But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech and burn up 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 burn up Abimelech.
Beat
Deuteronomy 29:23
the whole land shall be burned with brimstone, and salt; it shall not be sown; nor shall it sprout; nor shall there be any grass in it. It shall be like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which Jehovah overthrew in His anger, and in His wrath,
1 Kings 12:25
And Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim and lived in it, and went out from there and built Penuel.
2 Kings 3:25
And they beat down the cities, and each man cast his stone on every good piece of land, and filled it. And they stopped all the wells of water, and cut down all the good trees. Only in Kir-haraseth did they leave the stones of it. But the slingers surrounded it and struck it.
Psalm 107:34
a fruitful land to a salty desert, because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
Zephaniah 2:9
Therefore, as I live, says Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be like Sodom, and the sons of Ammon like Gomorrah; a possession of nettles, and salt pits, and a ruin forever. The remnant of My people shall plunder them, and the remnant of My people shall possess them.
James 2:13
For he who has shown no mercy shall have judgment without mercy, and mercy exults over judgment.