Judges 9:52 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁵² Abimelech came to the tower and fought against it and came near to the entrance of the tower to burn it with fire.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵² And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵² And Abimelech came to the tower and fought against it and drew near the door of the tower to burn it with fire.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵² And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and drew near unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.

Common English Bible

⁵² Abimelech came to the tower to storm it. But when he approached the tower’s entrance to set it on fire,

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵² And Abimelech, drawing near the tower, fought valiantly. And approaching the gate, he strove to set it on fire.

Judges 9:52 Cross References

2 Kings 15:16

At that time Menahem sacked Tiphsah, all who were in it and its territory from Tirzah on; because they did not open it to him, he sacked it. He ripped open all the pregnant women in it.

2 Kings 14:10

You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Be content with your glory and stay at home, for why should you provoke trouble so that you fall, you and Judah with you?”

Judges 9:51

But there was a strong tower within the city, and all the men and women and all the lords of the city fled to it and shut themselves in, and they went to the roof of the tower.

Judges 9:53

But a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head and crushed his skull.