Shìshījì 9:50

50 Yàbǐmǐlè dào dī/tí beì sī , xiàng tí beì sī ān yíng , jiù gōng qǔ le nà chéng .

Shìshījì 9:50 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 9:50

Then went Abimelech to Thebez
Which, according to Ben Gersom, had rebelled against him; it was near to Shechem. Adrichomius says ^F16, the ruins, where he thinks stood the city of Thebez, were but one furlong from Neapolis or Shechem, where, to the left of Jacob's well, were to be seen ruins of a large town, marble stones, whole pillars, and other signs of large palaces, and the soil wonderfully fruitful; and Jerome says ^F17, that in his time there was a village called Thebes, on the borders of Neapolis or Shechem, as you go to Scythopolis, thirteen miles from it. It must be near Shechem, inhabited by Shechemites, to fulfil Jotham's curse, ( Judges 9:20 )

and encamped against Thebez, and took it:
it seems not to have held out long, being deserted by its inhabitants, who fled to the tower, as follows.

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 Theatrum Terrae Sanct. p. 70.
F17 De loc. Heb. 95. D.

Shìshījì 9:50 In-Context

48 Yàbǐmǐlè hé gēnsuí tāde rén jiù dōu shàng sǎ men shān . Yàbǐmǐlè shǒu ná fǔzi , kǎn xià yī gēn shùzhī , káng zaì jiān shàng , duì gēnsuí tāde rén shuō , nǐmen kàn wǒ suǒ xíng de , yĕ dāng gǎnjǐn zhàoyàng xíng .

49 Zhòngrén jiù gè kǎn yī zhī , gēnsuí Yàbǐmǐlè , bǎ shùzhī duī zaì wèi suǒ de sìwéi , fàng huǒshào le wèi suǒ , yǐzhì Shìjiàn lóu de rén dōu sǐ le , nánnǚ yuē yǒu yī qiā .

50 Yàbǐmǐlè dào dī/tí beì sī , xiàng tí beì sī ān yíng , jiù gōng qǔ le nà chéng .

51 Chéng zhōng yǒu yī zuò jiāngù de lóu . chéng lǐ de zhòngrén , wúlùn nánnǚ , dōu taó jìn lóu qù , guān shàng mén , shàng le lóu dǐng .

52 Yàbǐmǐlè dào le lóu qián gōngdǎ , āijìn lóu mén , yào yòng huǒ fùnshāo .