Cross Reference JUDGES 9:45 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

{Judges 9:45} And Abimelech 40 fought 3898 z8738 against the city 5892 all x3605 that x1931 day; 3117 and he took 3920 z8799 x853 the city, 5892 and slew 2026 z8804 the people 5971 that x834 [was] therein, and beat down 5422 z8799 x853 the city, 5892 and sowed 2232 z8799 it with salt. 4417

he took:
"But if¹ not,¹ let fireª come outª ° from Abimelech,ª ¹ and devourª °¹ the menª of Shechem,ª and the houseª of Millo;ª °² and let fireª come outª ° from the menª ¹ of Shechem,ª and from the houseª ¹ of Millo,ª °² and devourª °¹ Abimelech.ª" {Jdg 9:20}

beat:
"[And that] the whole¹ landª thereof [is] brimstone,ª and salt,ª [and] burning,ª [that] it is not¹ sown,ª ° nor¹ beareth,ª ° nor¹ any¹ grassª growethª ° therein, like the overthrowª of Sodom,ª and Gomorrah,ª Admah,ª and Zeboim,ª which¹ the LORDª overthrewª ° in his anger,ª and in his wrath:ª" {Deu 29:23} + "Then Jeroboamª builtª °¹ Shechemª in mountª Ephraim,ª and dweltª ° therein; and went outª ° from thence,¹ ¹ and builtª °¹ Penuel.ª" {1Kg 12:25} + "And they beat downª ° the cities,ª and on every¹ goodª pieceª of land castª ° every manª his stone,ª and filledª ° it; and they stoppedª ° all¹ the wellsª of water,ª and felledª ° all¹ the goodª trees:ª only¹ in Kirharasethª leftª ° they the stonesª thereof; howbeit the slingersª went aboutª ° [it], and smoteª ° it." {2Kg 3:25} + "A fruitfulª landª into barrenness,ª for the wickednessª ¹ of them that dwellª ° therein." {Psa 107:34} *marg. "But the miry placesª thereof and the marishesª thereof shall not¹ be healed;ª ° they shall be givenª ° to salt.ª" {Ezk 47:11} + "Therefore¹ [as] I¹ live,ª saithª ° the LORDª of hosts,ª the Godª of Israel,ª Surely¹ Moabª shall be¹ as Sodom,ª and the childrenª of Ammonª as Gomorrah,ª [even] the breedingª of nettles,ª and saltpits,ª ª and a perpetualª ª desolation:ª the residueª of my peopleª shall spoilª ° them, and the remnantª of my peopleª shall possessª ° them." {Zph 2:9} + "Forª he shall have judgmentª without mercy,ª that hath shewedª ° noª mercy;ª andª mercyª rejoiceth againstª ° judgment.ª" {Jms 2:13}

sowed:
Salt in small quantities renders land extremely fertile; but too much of it destroys vegetation. Every place, says Pliny, in which salt is found is barren, and produces nothing. Hence the sowing of a place with salt was a custom in different nations to express permanent desolation. Sigonius observes, that when Milan was taken, ad 1162, the walls were razed, and it was sown with salt. And Brantome informs us, that it was an ancient custom in France, to sow the house of a man with salt, who had been declared a traitor to his king. Charles IX., king of France, the most base and perfidious of human beings, caused the house of Admiral Coligni (whom he and the Duke of Guise caused to be murdered, with thousands more of Protestants, on the eve of St. Bartholomew, 1572), to be sown with salt!

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