Parallel Verses

Amplified

When all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem heard about it, they entered the inner chamber (stronghold) of the temple of El-berith (the god of a covenant).

New American Standard Bible

When all the leaders of the tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

When all the lords of the Tower of Shechem heard, they entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith.

International Standard Version

When all the "lords" at the tower of Shechem heard what had happened, they retreated into the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Bible in Basic English

Then all the townsmen of the tower of Shechem, hearing of it, went into the inner room of the house of El-berith.

Darby Translation

When all the people of the Tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered the stronghold of the house of El-be'rith.

Julia Smith Translation

And all the lords of the tower of Shechem will hear, and they will go in to the tower of the god of the covenant

King James 2000

And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into a stronghold of the house of the god Berith.

Lexham Expanded Bible

When all the lords of the tower of Shechem heard, they went to the vault of the temple of El-Berith.

Modern King James verseion

And all the men of the tower of Shechem heard, and entered into a stronghold of the house of the god Berith.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And when all the men of the town of Shechem heard that, they entered into a stronghold of the house of their god Baalberith.

NET Bible

When all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem heard the news, they went to the stronghold of the temple of El-Berith.

New Heart English Bible

And when all the lords of the Tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered into the stronghold of the house of El Berith.

The Emphasized Bible

And, when all the owners of the tower of Shechem heard, they entered into the basement of the house of El-berith.

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

And all the masters of the tower of Shechem hear, and go in unto the high place of the house of the god Berith,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And when all the men
בּעל 
Ba`al 
Usage: 85

of the tower
מגדּלה מגדּל 
Migdal 
Usage: 50

of Shechem
שׁכם 
Sh@kem 
Usage: 49


come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

into an hold
צריח 
Ts@riyach 
Usage: 4

of the house
בּית 
Bayith 
Usage: 2053

of the god
אל 
'el 
Usage: 114

Context Readings

The Downfall Of Shechem And Abimelech

45 Abimelech fought against the city that entire day. He took the city and killed the people who were in it; he demolished the city and sowed it with salt. 46 When all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem heard about it, they entered the inner chamber (stronghold) of the temple of El-berith (the god of a covenant). 47 Abimelech was told that all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem were assembled together.

Cross References

Judges 8:33

Then it came about, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the Israelites again played the prostitute with the Baals, and made Baal-berith their god.

Judges 9:4

And they gave him seventy pieces of silver from the house of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired worthless and undisciplined men, and they followed (supported) him.

Judges 9:27

They went out into the field, gathered the grapes of their vineyard and trod them, and held a festival; and they entered the house of their god, and they ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech.

1 Kings 8:26

Now, O God of Israel, please let Your word which You have spoken to Your servant David my father be confirmed.

2 Kings 1:2-4

Ahaziah [the king of Israel] fell through the lattice (grid) in his upper chamber which was in Samaria, and became sick [from the injury]. So he sent messengers, saying to them, “Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, if I will recover from this sickness.”

Psalm 115:8


Those who make them will become like them,
Everyone who trusts in them.

Isaiah 28:15-18


Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death,
And with Sheol (the place of the dead) we have made an agreement,
When the overwhelming scourge passes by, it will not reach us,
For we have made lies our refuge and we have concealed ourselves in deception.”

Isaiah 37:38

It came to pass as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons killed him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat [in Armenia]. And Esarhaddon his son became king in his place.

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