Judges 9:46

King James Version (KJV)

And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.

Adam Clarke
Bible Commentary

A hold of the house of the god Berith - This must mean the precincts of the temple, as we find there were a thousand men and women together in that place.

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Albert Barnes
Notes on the Whole Bible

An hold of the house of the god Berith - As combining the advantages of a “sanctuary” (compare 1 Kings 2:28) and a fortress. The word rendered “hold” occurs elsewhere only in 1 Samuel 13:6, where it is rendered “high-place.” Its exact signification is uncertain.

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Matthew Henry
Concise Bible Commentary

Abimelech intended to punish the Schechemites for slighting him now, but God punished them for their serving him formerly in the murder of Gideon's sons. When God uses men as instruments in his hand to do his work, he means one thing, and they another. That, which they hoped would have been for their welfare, proved a snare and a trap, as those will certainly find, who run to idols for shelter; such will prove a refuge of lies.

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an hold

The Period of the Judges

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