Judges 9:46
Judges 9:46-49 The Message (MSG)
When the leaders connected with Shechem’s Tower heard this, they went into the fortified God-of-the-Covenant temple. This was reported to Abimelech that the Shechem’s Tower bunch were gathered together. He and his troops climbed Mount Zalmon (Dark Mountain). Abimelech took his ax and chopped a bundle of firewood, picked it up, and put it on his shoulder. He said to his troops, “Do what you’ve seen me do, and quickly.” So each of his men cut his own bundle. They followed Abimelech, piled their bundles against the Tower fortifications, and set the whole structure on fire. Everyone in Shechem’s Tower died, about a thousand men and women.
Judges 9:46 King James Version (KJV)
And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.
Judges 9:46 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
When all the leaders of the tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith.
Judges 9:46 New Century Version (NCV)
When the leaders who were in the Tower of Shechem heard what had happened to Shechem, they gathered in the safest room of the temple of El Berith.
Judges 9:46 American Standard Version (ASV)
And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard thereof, they entered into the stronghold of the house of Elberith.
Judges 9:46 New International Version (NIV)
On hearing this, the citizens in the tower of Shechem went into the stronghold of the temple of El-Berith.
Judges 9:46 New King James Version (NKJV)
Now when all the men of the tower of Shechem had heard that, they entered the stronghold of the temple of the god Berith.
Judges 9:46 Amplified Bible (AMP)
When all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem heard about it, they entered the inner chamber (stronghold) of the temple of El-berith (the god of a covenant).
Judges 9:46 New Living Translation (NLT)
When the leading citizens who lived in the tower of Shechem heard what had happened, they ran and hid in the temple of Baal-berith.