And again, Lord, God of Israel, I ask you to please continue to keep that promise to my father.
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] Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And when all the men of the Tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered the stronghold of the house of El-berith [the god of Berith]. American Standard Version (1901) And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard thereof, they entered into the stronghold of the house of Elberith. Common English Bible When all the leaders in the Tower of Shechem heard about this, they entered the side rooms in the El-berith temple. Catholic Public Domain Version And when those living in the tower of Shechem had heard about this, they entered the temple of their god, Berith, where they had formed a covenant with him. And it was because of this, that the place had taken its name. And it was greatly fortified. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when they who dwelt in the tower of Sichem had heard this, they went into the temple of their god Berith: where they had made a covenant with him, and from thence the place had taken its name. And it was exceeding strong. |
And again, Lord, God of Israel, I ask you to please continue to keep that promise to my father.
The people who make and trust those statues\par will become just like them!\par
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 said, “Cover the entrance to the cave with large rocks. Put some men there to guard the cave.
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.
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.
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.
Abimelech heard that all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem had gathered together.