Shìshījì 9:51

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 .

Shìshījì 9:51 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 9:51

But there was a strong tower within the city
The tower of Shechem was without the city, but this within, as towers generally are:

and hither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city;
men, women, and children, man and maid servants, all the inhabitants of the city; the tower being a large place, having not only many rooms in it, but perhaps a large area in the midst of it, as well as it had battlements on the top of it:

and shut it to them;
the gates of it, and which no doubt they strongly barred and bolted, to keep out the enemy:

and gat them up to the top of the tower;
to observe the motions of Abimelech, and annoy him as much as they could with what they carried with them, as stones, and the like.

Shìshījì 9:51 In-Context

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 .

53 Yǒu yī gè fùrén bǎ yī kuaì shàng mòshí pāo zaì Yàbǐmǐlè de tóu shàng , dǎpò le tāde nǎo gú .