Judges 9:51 Meaning and Explanation
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →The people of Thebez flee to a strong tower, shut themselves in, and climb to its roof.
What Does Judges 9:51 Mean?
Within Thebez stands a strong tower. All the people of the city -- men and women alike -- flee into it, shut the door behind them, and go up to the roof for safety.
Unlike the doomed shelter at Shechem, this strong tower will hold, and from its height the city's deliverance will come. The same kind of stronghold that failed Shechem becomes, here, the place from which Abimelech is undone. God's providence often turns on such reversals. The proud conqueror approaches one more tower, not knowing that his long career of bloodshed is about to end beneath it.
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What does Judges 9:51 mean?
The people of Thebez flee to a strong tower, shut themselves in, and climb to its roof.