Jueces 9:52

Listen to Jueces 9:52
52 Y Abimelec vino a la torre, la atac贸 y se acerc贸 a la entrada de la torre para prenderle fuego.

Jueces 9:52 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 9:52

And Abimelech came unto the tower
With his army to besiege it:

and fought against it;
using all the methods he could to oblige those in it to surrender:

and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire;
in order to get entrance into it; and perhaps the tower was built of stone, so that no other part could be set fire to; and to do this he drew near to the door himself, for nothing more is meant by the phrase, "went hard", than drawing near in his own person to the door; hazarding his life in the enterprise, being so bent upon it, thinking to do by this tower what he had done to the hold of the temple of Baalberith.

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Jueces 9:52 In-Context

50 Despu茅s Abimelec fue a Tebes, la siti贸 y la tom贸.
51 Pero hab铆a una torre fortificada en el centro de la ciudad, y todos los hombres y mujeres, todos los habitantes de la ciudad, huyeron all铆, se encerraron y subieron al techo de la torre.
52 Y Abimelec vino a la torre, la atac贸 y se acerc贸 a la entrada de la torre para prenderle fuego.
53 Pero una mujer arroj贸 una muela de molino sobre la cabeza de Abimelec rompi茅ndole el cr谩neo.
54 Entonces 茅l llam贸 apresuradamente al muchacho que era su escudero, y le dijo: Saca tu espada y m谩tame, no sea que se diga de m铆: "Una mujer lo mat贸." Y el muchacho lo traspas贸, y muri贸.
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