Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 1) king of Gerar in Abraham's time 2) king of Gath in David's time; maybe title of Philistine kings 3) son of Gideon by a concubine 4) priest, son of Abiathar">40 [e] וַאֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ wa-’ă-ḇî-me-leḵ So Abimelech Conj-w | N-proper-ms 1a) (Qal) to fight, do battle 1b) (Niphal) to engage in battle, wage war 2) (Qal) to eat, use as food">3898 [e] נִלְחָ֣ם nil-ḥām fought V-Nifal-Prtcpl-ms 1a) of terror 2) city, town (a place of waking, guarded) 2a) city, town">5892 [e] בָּעִ֗יר bā-‘îr, against the city Prep-b, Art | N-fs 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything">3605 [e] כֹּ֚ל kōl all N-msc 1a) day (as opposed to night) 1b) day (24 hour period) 1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1 1b2) as a division of time 1b2a) a working day, a day's journey 1c) days, lifetime (pl.) 1d) time, period (general) 1e) year 1f) temporal references 1f1) today 1f2) yesterday 1f3) tomorrow">3117 [e] הַיּ֣וֹם hay-yō-wm day Art | N-ms 1) he, she, it 1a) himself (with emphasis) 1b) resuming subj with emphasis 1c) (with minimum emphasis following predicate) 1d) (anticipating subj) 1e) (emphasising predicate) 1f) that, it (neuter) demons pron 2) that (with article)">1931 [e] הַה֔וּא ha-hū, that Art | Pro-3ms 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to capture, seize 1a2) to capture (of men) (fig.) 1a3) to take (by lot) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be captured 1b2) to be caught (of men in trap, snare) (fig.) 1c) (Hithpael) to grasp each other">3920 [e] וַיִּלְכֹּד֙ way-yil-kōḏ and he took Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 853 [e] אֶת־ ’eṯ- - DirObjM 1a) of terror 2) city, town (a place of waking, guarded) 2a) city, town">5892 [e] הָעִ֔יר hā-‘îr, the city Art | N-fs 853 [e] וְאֶת־ wə-’eṯ- and Conj-w | DirObjM 1a) people, nation 1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men 2) kinsman, kindred">5971 [e] הָעָ֥ם hā-‘ām the people Art | N-ms 1a) which, who 1b) that which 2) (conj) 2a) that (in obj clause) 2b) when 2c) since 2d) as 2e) conditional if">834 [e] אֲשֶׁר־ ’ă-šer- who [were] Pro-r   בָּ֖הּ bāh in it Prep | 3fs 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to kill, slay 1a2) to destroy, ruin 1b) (Niphal) to be killed 1c) (Pual) to be killed, be slain">2026 [e] הָרָ֑ג hā-rāḡ; killed V-Qal-Perf-3ms 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to pull down 1a2) to break down, break off 1b) (Niphal) to be pulled or broken down 1c) (Piel) to tear down 1d) (Pual) to be torn down 1e) (Hophal) to be broken, be broken down">5422 [e] וַיִּתֹּץ֙ way-yit-tōṣ and he demolished Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 853 [e] אֶת־ ’eṯ- - DirObjM 1a) of terror 2) city, town (a place of waking, guarded) 2a) city, town">5892 [e] הָעִ֔יר hā-‘îr, the city Art | N-fs 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to sow 1a2) producing, yielding seed 1b)(Niphal) 1b1) to be sown 1b2) to become pregnant, be made pregnant 1c) (Pual) to be sown 1d) (Hiphil) to produce seed, yield seed">2232 [e] וַיִּזְרָעֶ֖הָ way-yiz-rā-‘e-hā and sowed it Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms | 3fs 4417 [e] מֶֽלַח׃ me-laḥ. with salt N-ms   פ p̄ - Punc

New American Standard Bible
Abimelech fought against the city all that day, and he captured the city and killed the people who were in it; then he razed the city and sowed it with salt.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So Abimelech fought against the city that entire day, captured it, and killed the people who were in it. Then he tore down the city and sowed it with salt.

he took

Judges 9:20 But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men …

beat

Deuteronomy 29:23 And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, …

1 Kings 12:25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelled therein; …

2 Kings 3:25 And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast …

Psalm 107:34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

Ezekiel 47:11 But the miry places thereof and the marshes thereof shall not be …

Zephaniah 2:9 Therefore as I live, said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely …

James 2:13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that has showed no mercy; …

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. Sigonium observes, that when Milan was taken, A.D.

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