Abimelech takes the city, beats it down and sows it with salt
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Judges 9:42–45: on the next day, the people go out into the field; and they tell Abimelech. He takes the people and divides them into three companies, and lays wait in the field; and he looks, and behold, the people come out of the city. So he rises up against them and strikes them. Abimelech and the companies that are with him rush forward and stand in the entrance of the gate of the city; and the two companies rush on all who are in the field and strike them. Abimelech fights against the city all that day; and he takes the city and kills the people in it. He beats down the city and sows it with salt.
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- JDG 9:42–45, engwebp
42On the next day, the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech.
43He took the people and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field; and he looked, and behold, the people came out of the city. So, he rose up against them and struck them.
44Abimelech and the companies that were with him rushed forward and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city; and the two companies rushed on all who were in the field and struck them.
45Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city and killed the people in it. He beat down the city and sowed it with salt.
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Abimelech (son of Jerubbaal) — Took part in — Abimelech takes the city, beats it down and sows it with salt
Evidence: Judges 9:42–45
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Abimelech takes the city, beats it down and sows it with salt (event-jdg-9-city-taken-and-sown-with-salt) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/event/jdg-9-city-taken-and-sown-with-salt Current wording: Judges 9:42–45: on the next day, the people go out into the field; and they tell Abimelech. He takes the people and divides them into three companies, and lays wait in the field; and he looks, and behold, the people come out of the city. So he rises up against them and strikes them. Abimelech and the companies that are with him rush forward and stand in the entrance of the gate of the city; and the two companies rush on all who are in the field and strike them. Abimelech fights against the city all that day; and he takes the city and kills the people in it. He beats down the city and sows it with salt. Cited evidence: JDG 9:42–45, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.