The Meaning of Judges 9:45 Explained

Judges 9:45

KJV: And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.

YLT: and Abimelech hath fought against the city all that day, and captureth the city, and the people who are in it he hath slain, and he breaketh down the city, and soweth it with salt.

Darby: And Abim'elech fought against the city all that day; he took the city, and killed the people that were in it; and he razed the city and sowed it with salt.

ASV: And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that were therein: and he beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.

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What is the context of Judges 9:45?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that [was] therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.

What does Judges 9:45 Mean?

Context Summary

Judges 9:41-57 - The Burning Of The Bramble

Terrible deeds like these give tokens of the power of the god of this world, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience. Alas, similar atrocities are being perpetrated still, after all these centuries of what is called Christian civilization. But this Christianity is only a very shallow veneer, and when national passions break loose, there is little to choose between war today and in pre-Christian ages.

Men have no right to attribute the sins, cruelties, barbarities and enormities of the present day to Christianity. They are due to its absence. The whole Gospel of the Son of man protests against them. We must sadly admit that His "enemy hath done this." And there will be no real cessation of the evils beneath which the world groans until the King comes to His own and sets up His everlasting Kingdom. What has happened of late in Europe, notwithstanding all the efforts toward arbitration and peace, proves that something new must be brought to pass before the Father's kingdom can come and His will be done on earth. [source]

Chapter Summary: Judges 9

¹ Abimelech by conspiracy with the Shechemites, and murder of his brothers, is made king
⁷ Jotham by a parable rebukes them, and foretells their ruin
²² Gaal conspires with the Shechemites against him
³⁰ Zebul reveals it
³⁴ Abimelech overcomes them, and sows the city with salt
⁴⁶ He burns the hold of the god Berith
⁵⁰ At Thebez he is slain by a piece of a millstone
⁵⁶ Jotham's curse is fulfilled

What do the individual words in Judges 9:45 mean?

So Abimelech fought against the city all day that and he took - the city and the people who [were] in it killed and he demolished and sowed it with salt -

וַאֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ נִלְחָ֣ם בָּעִ֗יר כֹּ֚ל הַיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא וַיִּלְכֹּד֙ אֶת־ הָעִ֔יר וְאֶת־ הָעָ֥ם אֲשֶׁר־ בָּ֖הּ הָרָ֑ג וַיִּתֹּץ֙ וַיִּזְרָעֶ֖הָ מֶֽלַח פ

וַאֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ	So Abimelech
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: אֲבִימֶלֶךְ Sense: king of Gerar in Abraham’s time.
נִלְחָ֣ם	fought
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Participle, masculine singular Root: לָחַם Sense: to fight, do battle, make war.
בָּעִ֗יר	against the city
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: עִיר Sense: excitement, anguish.
הַיּ֣וֹם	day
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: יׄום Sense: day, time, year.
הַה֔וּא	that
Parse: Article, Pronoun, third person masculine singular Root: הוּא Sense: he, she, it.
וַיִּלְכֹּד֙	and he took
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: לָכַד Sense: to capture, take, seize.
אֶת־	-
Parse: Direct object marker Root: אֹות Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
הָעִ֔יר	the city
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: עִיר Sense: excitement, anguish.
הָעָ֥ם	the people
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: עַם Sense: nation, people.
אֲשֶׁר־	who [were]
Parse: Pronoun, relative Root: אֲשֶׁר Sense: (relative part.).
בָּ֖הּ	in it
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular
הָרָ֑ג	killed
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: הָרַג Sense: to kill, slay, murder, destroy, murderer, slayer, out of hand.
וַיִּתֹּץ֙	and he demolished
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: נָתַץ Sense: to pull down, break down, cast down, throw down, beat down, destroy, overthrow, break out (teeth).
וַיִּזְרָעֶ֖הָ	and sowed it
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person feminine singular Root: זָרַע Sense: to sow, scatter seed.
מֶֽלַח	with salt
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: מֶלַח Sense: salt.
פ	-
Parse: Punctuation

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