Judges 9:47

47 When Abimelek heard that they had assembled there,

Judges 9:47 in Other Translations

47 And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.

47 Abimelech was told that all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem were gathered together.

47 Someone reported to Abimelech that the citizens had gathered in the temple,

47 This was reported to Abimelech that the Shechem's Tower bunch were gathered together.

47 Then it was reported to Abimelech that all the lords of the Tower of Shechem had gathered together.

Judges 9:47 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 9:47

And it was told Abimelech
Who had his spies about, and particularly to observe the motions of the men in this tower:

that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together;
in the hold of the temple of Baalberith.

Judges 9:47 In-Context

45 All that day Abimelek pressed his attack against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he destroyed the city and scattered salt over it.

46 On hearing this, the citizens in the tower of Shechem went into the stronghold of the temple of El-Berith.

47 When Abimelek heard that they had assembled there,

48 he and all his men went up Mount Zalmon. He took an ax and cut off some branches, which he lifted to his shoulders. He ordered the men with him, “Quick! Do what you have seen me do!”

49 So all the men cut branches and followed Abimelek. They piled them against the stronghold and set it on fire with the people still inside. So all the people in the tower of Shechem, about a thousand men and women, also died.