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Judges 9:45

And all that day Abimelech fought against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he demolished the city and sowed it with salt.

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ASV

And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that were therein: and he beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.

KJV

And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַאֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְva.'a.vi.Me.lekhand AbimelechH40 →
נִלְחָ֣םnil.Cham[was] fightingH3898 →
בָּעִ֗ירba.'Iragainst the cityH5892 →
כֹּ֚לkolallH3605 →
הַיּ֣וֹםhai.Yomthe dayH3117 →
הַה֔וּאha.Hu'<the> thatH1931 →
וַיִּלְכֹּד֙vai.yil.Kodand he capturedH3920 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הָעִ֔ירha.'Irthe cityH5892 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
הָעָ֥םha.'Amthe peopleH5971 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whichH834 →
בָּ֖הּbah[was] in <the> it
הָרָ֑גha.Raghe killedH2026 →
וַיִּתֹּץ֙vai.yi.Totzand he pulled downH5422 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הָעִ֔ירha.'Irthe cityH5892 →
וַיִּזְרָעֶ֖הָvai.yiz.ra.'E.haand he sowed itH2232 →
מֶֽלַח׃ פMe.lachsaltH4417 →

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2 Kings 3:25They destroyed the cities, and each man threw stones on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up every spring and cut down every good tree. Only Kir-haraseth was left with stones in place, but men with slings surrounded it and attacked it as well.Deuteronomy 29:23All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.Jeremiah 17:6He will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.James 2:13For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.Ezekiel 47:11But the swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt.Zephaniah 2:9Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”1 Kings 12:25Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And from there he went out and built Penuel.Psalms 107:34and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.1 Kings 16:17Then Omri and all the Israelites marched up from Gibbethon and besieged Tirzah.Judges 9:57And God also brought all the wickedness of the men of Shechem back upon their own heads. So the curse of Jotham son of Jerubbaal came upon them.2 Kings 2:20“Bring me a new bowl,” he replied, “and put some salt in it.” So they brought it to him,

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The Death of Gideon's Sons — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Death of Gideon's Sons — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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