Judges 9:46

Easy To Read Version

There were some people that lived at the Tower of Shechem. [86] When the people of that place heard what had happened to Shechem, they gathered together in the safest room [87] of the temple of the god El Berith. [88]

Cross References

1 Kings 8:26

And again, Lord, God of Israel, I ask you to please continue to keep that promise to my father.

Psalm 115:8

The people who make and trust those statues\par will become just like them!\par

Isaiah 37:38

One day, Sennacherib was in the temple of his god, Nisroch, worshiping him. At that time his two sons, Adrammelech and Sharezer, killed him with a sword. Then the sons ran away to Ararat. {\cf2\super [359]} So Sennacherib’s son Esarhaddon became the new king of Assyria.

Joshua 10:18

Joshua said, “Cover the entrance to the cave with large rocks. Put some men there to guard the cave.

Judges 8:33

As soon as Gideon died, the people of Israel again were not faithful to God—they followed Baal. [75] They made Baal Berith [76] their god.

Judges 9:27

One day the people of Shechem went out to the fields to pick grapes. The people squeezed the grapes to make wine. And then they had a party at the temple of their god. The people ate and drank and said bad things about Abimelech.

Judges 9:4

So the leaders of Shechem gave Abimelech 70 pieces of silver. That silver was from the temple of the god Baal Berith. [77] Abimelech used the silver to hire some men. These men were worthless, reckless men. They followed Abimelech wherever he went.

Judges 9:47

Abimelech heard that all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem had gathered together.