Thebez in the Bible

Meaning: muddy; eggs; fine linen or silk

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And Abimelech will go to Thebez, and he will encamp against Thebez and take it.


Who struck Abimelech, son of Jerubbesheth? Did not a woman cast upon him a piece of the upper millstone from above the wall, and he will die in Thebez? Wherefore drew ye near to the wall? And say thou, Also thy servant, Uriah the Hittite died.

And Abimelech will go to Thebez, and he will encamp against Thebez and take it. And a strong tower was in the midst of the city, and thither will flee all the men and women and all the lords of the city, and will shut up from after them, and they will go up upon the roof of the tower. And Abimelech will come even to the tower, and will fight against it, and will urge on, even to the door of the tower to burn it with fire. read more.
And one woman will cast a piece of the upper mill-stone upon the head of Abimelech, and she will break his skull And he will call quickly to the youth lifting up his weapons, and he will say to him, Draw thy sword and put me to death, lest they shall say of me, A woman killed him. And his youth will thrust him through and he will die. And the men of Israel will see that Abimelech died, and they will go each to his place. And God will turn back the evil of Abimelech which he did. to his father for killing his seventy brethren.


And Abimelech will go to Thebez, and he will encamp against Thebez and take it. And a strong tower was in the midst of the city, and thither will flee all the men and women and all the lords of the city, and will shut up from after them, and they will go up upon the roof of the tower.


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