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Judges 9:52

And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.

KJV

Accedensque Abimelech juxta turrim, pugnabat fortiter : et appropinquans ostio, ignem supponere nitebatur :

Vulgate

καὶ ἦλθεν Ἀβειμέλεχ ἕως τοῦ πύργου, καὶ παρετάξαντο αὐτῷ· καὶ ἤγγισεν Ἀβειμέλεχ ἕως τῆς θύρας τοῦ πύργου τοῦ ἐμπρῆσαι αὐτὸν ἐν πυρί.

LXX

And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and drew near unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.

ASV

וַ/יָּבֹ֤א אֲבִימֶ֨לֶךְ֙ עַד הַ/מִּגְדָּ֔ל וַ/יִּלָּ֖חֶם בּ֑/וֹ וַ/יִּגַּ֛שׁ עַד פֶּ֥תַח הַ/מִּגְדָּ֖ל לְ/שָׂרְפ֥/וֹ בָ/אֵֽשׁ

Hebrew

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In this verse

People AbimelechAbimelech

In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ
'bymlk
proper_noun · 67×
אֵ֖שׁ
'sh
noun · 376×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
ה
h
verb · 124×
הִלָּחֵ֖ם
hlchm
verb · 177×
מִגְדַּל
mgdl
noun · 49×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
פֶּ֖תַח
ptch
noun · 162×
שָׂרַ֥ף
shrp
verb · 116×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 15:16 — 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 ripp