KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Judges 9:48–57
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Judges 9:48
48And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.
48And Abimelech gate him vp to mount Zalmon, hee and all the people that were with him, & Abimelech tooke an axe in his hand, and cut downe a bough from the trees, and tooke it, and laide it on his shoulder, and said vnto the people that were with him, What ye haue seene †me doe, make haste, and doe as I haue done.
- Heb. I haue done.
Judges 9:49
49And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.
49And all the people likewise cut downe euery man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the holde, and set the holde on fire vpon them: so that all the men of the towre of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.
Judges 9:50
50¶ Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.
50¶ Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and tooke it.
Judges 9:51
51But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower.
51But there was a strong towre within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the citie, and shut it to them, and gate them vp to the top of the towre.
Judges 9:52
52And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
52And Abimelech came vnto the towre, and fought against it, and went hard vnto the doore of the towre, to burne it with fire.
Judges 9:53
53And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and all to brake his skull.
53And a certaine woman *cast a piece of a milstone vpon Abimelechs head, and all to brake his scull.
- 2.Sam. 11.21.
Judges 9:54
54Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.
54Then hee called hastily vnto the young man his armour-bearer, and said vnto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slewe him: and his young man thrust him through, and he died.
Judges 9:55
55And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place.
55And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed euery man vnto his place.
Judges 9:56
56¶ Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
56¶ Thus God rendred the wickednesse of Abimelech which hee did vnto his father, in slaying his seuentie brethren.
Judges 9:57
57And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
57And all the euill of the men of Shechem, did God render vpon their heads: and vpon them came the curse of Iotham the sonne of Ierubbaal.
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DEFINED WORDS
Judges 9:48
A mountain or hill; as a verb, to ascend or rise.
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Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
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The part of the body at the end of the arm; figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.
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To divide, sever, remove, or wound with a sharp instrument; figuratively, to grieve deeply or bring to an end.
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From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
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The branch of a tree; applied to a branch of size, not to a small shoot.
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Placed, set down, imposed, or arranged.
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The upper joint of the arm; figuratively, a place of bearing, support, or responsibility.
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Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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To form, produce, cause, or carry out what the verse states.
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Speed or urgency in action; as a verb, to hurry or act quickly.
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Performed; executed; finished; a word by which agreement to a proposal is expressed.
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Judges 9:49
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
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In like manner; also or similarly.
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To divide, sever, remove, or wound with a sharp instrument; figuratively, to grieve deeply or bring to an end.
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From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
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Each one of all; all taken separately, without exception in the stated group.
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A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
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The branch of a tree; applied to a branch of size, not to a small shoot.
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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be, according to context.
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To grasp, keep, possess, restrain, maintain, regard, or account, according to context.
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To place, fix, appoint, establish, or prescribe; also fixed or determined.
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Flame and burning heat; figuratively, fiery trial, judgment, zeal, or anger; to kindle or burn.
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Around, concerning, near, or engaged in; on every side or approximately, according to context.
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Judges 9:50
Settled in tents or huts for lodging or temporary habitation.
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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
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Judges 9:51
However; introducing a contrast with what precedes.
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Having strength, power, firmness, endurance, influence, or the ability to resist and prevail.
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To that place or in that direction.
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To flee: to run or hasten away, especially from danger or expected evil.
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Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
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To close, fasten, or exclude; to become closed.
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Judges 9:52
Contended in battle, conflict, struggle, or opposition.
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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
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Firm, difficult, severe, harsh, laborious, forceful, or resistant to pressure.
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To consume, injure, heat, dry, or harden by fire or intense heat; also to be on fire.
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Flame and burning heat; figuratively, fiery trial, judgment, zeal, or anger; to kindle or burn.
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Judges 9:53
Sure, definite, established, or particular though not specifically named, according to context.
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To throw, send forth, place, reckon, or discard, with the exact sense determined by context.
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One of the heavy stones used for grinding grain in a mill.
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The upper part of the body; a chief, source, summit, or leading position.
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Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
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The bone that forms the exterior of the head, and incloses the brain; the brain-pan.
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Judges 9:54
Named, summoned, invited, proclaimed, or addressed, according to context.
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In haste; with speed or quickness; speedily; nimbly.
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Early in life or growth; not mature; also offspring, according to context.
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A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
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Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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To pull, drag, bring, lead, take out, attract, or make a line, according to context.
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To kill; to put to death by a weapon or by violence.
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To speak, declare, tell, or express; also what is said.
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From one side or end to another; by means of; throughout; or because of, according to context.
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DEFINED WORDS
Judges 9:55
The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called in Scripture.
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Without life; deprived of life; also lifeless, inactive, insensible, or separated from a former state by figure.
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To depart: to leave, go away, withdraw, or die, according to context.
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Each one of all; all taken separately, without exception in the stated group.
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A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
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A location, position, room, occasion, office, or passage, according to context.
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Judges 9:56
A deity or object of worship; when referring to the LORD, the one true God.
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Returned; paid back; given; assigned; made; translated; surrendered; afforded.
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Killing; destroying life.
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The number following sixty-nine and preceding seventy-one; seven tens.
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Brothers; near kindred; fellow Israelites; or fellow believers, according to context.
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Judges 9:57
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
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A deity or object of worship; when referring to the LORD, the one true God.
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To return; to pay back. To give.
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To utter a wish of evil against one; to imprecate evil upon; to call for mischief or injury to fall upon; to execrate.
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From verse 48
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Open the full verse study14When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon.
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Open the full verse study17And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do.
18When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon.
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Open the full verse study11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
12Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
From verse 49
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Open the full verse study15But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
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Open the full verse study16For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
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Open the full verse study15And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
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Open the full verse study20But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.
From verse 52
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Open the full verse study16¶ Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.
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Open the full verse study10Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
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Open the full verse study48And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.
49And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.
From verse 53
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Open the full verse study21Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
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Open the full verse study3Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
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Open the full verse study20Therefore hear the counsel of the Lord, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them.
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Open the full verse study45Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them.
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Open the full verse study20But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.
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Open the full verse study21The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.
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Open the full verse study15And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
From verse 54
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Open the full verse study4Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
5And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.
From verse 55
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Open the full verse study16And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.
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Open the full verse study10Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
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Open the full verse study35And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot.
36And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country.
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Open the full verse study21The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.
22Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.
From verse 56
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Open the full verse study23And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the Lord our God shall cut them off.
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Open the full verse study22¶ His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
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Open the full verse study7Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
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Open the full verse study24That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren.
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Open the full verse study2For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
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Open the full verse study6Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
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Open the full verse study10The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
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Open the full verse study12When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
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Open the full verse study4And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
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Open the full verse study3Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
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Open the full verse study20And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
From verse 57
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Open the full verse study20But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.
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Open the full verse study34¶ In his days did Hiel the Beth-elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.
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Open the full verse study26¶ And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.
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Open the full verse study45And 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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