But 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.
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Verse 51 is found in chapter 9 of Judges. Abimelech attacks Thebez, and a woman throws a millstone onto his head from the tower, mortally wounding him. He asks his armor-bearer to kill him to avoid the disgrace of dying at the hands of a woman. The narrative explicitly states that God repaid Abimelech for the evil he had done to his brothers and repaid the people of Shechem for the evil they had supported. The story functions as the fulfillment of Jotham’s word.
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Es war aber ein starker Turm mitten in der Stadt. Auf den flohen alle Männer und Weiber und alle Bürger der Stadt und schlossen hinter sich zu und stiegen auf das Dach des Turms.
En medio de aquella ciudad había una torre fuerte, a la cual se retiraron todos los hombres y mujeres, y todos los señores de la ciudad; y cerrando tras sí las puertas, subiéronse al piso alto de la torre.
Il y avait au milieu de la ville une forte tour, où se réfugièrent tous les habitants de la ville, hommes et femmes; ils fermèrent sur eux, et montèrent sur le toit de la tour.
Ora, nel mezzo della città v’era una torre forte, nella quale tutti gli uomini e le donne, e tutti gli abitanti della città, si rifuggirono; e, serratisi dentro, salirono in sul tetto della torre.
Havia, porém, no meio da cidade uma torre forte; e todos os homens e mulheres, e todos os cidadãos da cidade se refugiaram nela, e fecharam após si as portas, e subiram ao eirado da torre.
城中有一座堅固的樓;城裏所有的居民,無論男女,都逃到那裏,關上門,上了樓頂。
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