And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And it was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.
WEB
And when Abimelech was told that all the leaders in the tower of Shechem were gathered there,
YLT
and it is declared to Abimelech that all the masters of the tower of Shechem have gathered themselves together,
DBT
And it was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem had gathered together.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJudges — The post-conquest slide into cyclical apostasy. Twelve judges delivering Israel from successive oppressors, a pattern repeating seven times, and an appendix whose violence diagnoses a nation with no king.
- Author
- Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel (Bava Batra 14b)
- Date
- Events c. 1375–1050 BC; compilation during the early monarchy