Judges 9:50
Good News Translation
Then Abimelech went to Thebez, surrounded that city, and captured it.

New Revised Standard Version
Then Abimelech went to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.

Contemporary English Version
After destroying Shechem, Abimelech went to Thebez. He surrounded the town and captured it.

New American Bible
Abimelech proceeded to Thebez, encamped, and captured it.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then Abimelech, departing from thence, came to the town of Thebes, which he surrounded and besieged with his army.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Then Abimelech, departing from thence, came to the town of Thebes, which he surrounded and besieged with his army.

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Context
Abimelech's Punishment
50Then Abimelech, departing from thence, came to the town of Thebes, which he surrounded and besieged with his army.51And there was in the midst of the city a high tower, to which both the men and the women were fled together, and all the princes of the city, and having shut and strongly barred the gate, they stood upon the battlements of the tower to defend themselves.…
Cross References
Judges 9:49
So they cut down boughs from the trees, every man as fast as he could, and followed their leader. And surrounding the fort, they set it on fire: and so it came to pass, that with the smoke and with the fire a thousand persons were killed, men and women together, of the inhabitants of the town of Sichem.

Judges 9:51
And there was in the midst of the city a high tower, to which both the men and the women were fled together, and all the princes of the city, and having shut and strongly barred the gate, they stood upon the battlements of the tower to defend themselves.

2 Samuel 11:21
Who killed Abimelech the son of Jerobaal? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall and slew him in Thebes? Why did you go near the wall? Thou shalt say: Thy servant Urias the Hethite is also slain.

Judges 9:49
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