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Judges 9:45

NETBible	Abimelech fought against the city all that day. He captured the city and killed all the people in it. Then he leveled¹ the city and spread salt over it.²
NIV © biblegateway Jdg 9:45	All that day Abimelech pressed his attack against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he destroyed the city and scattered salt over it.
NASB © biblegateway Jdg 9:45	Abimelech fought against the city all that day, and he captured the city and killed the people who were in it; then he razed the city and sowed it with salt.
NLT © biblegateway Jdg 9:45	The battle went on all day before Abimelech finally captured the city. He killed the people, leveled the city, and scattered salt all over the ground.
MSG © biblegateway Jdg 9:45	Abimelech fought at the city all that day. He captured the city and massacred everyone in it. He leveled the city to the ground, then sowed it with salt.
BBE © SABDAweb Jdg 9:45	And all that day Abimelech was fighting against the town; and he took it, and put to death the people who were in it, and had the town pulled down and covered with salt.
NRSV © bibleoremus Jdg 9:45	Abimelech 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.
NKJV © biblegateway Jdg 9:45	So Abimelech fought against the city all that day; he took the city and killed the people who were in it; and he demolished the city and sowed it with salt.
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KJV	And Abimelech <040> fought <03898> (8738) against the city <05892> all that day <03117>_; and he took <03920> (8799) the city <05892>_, and slew <02026> (8804) the people <05971> that [was] therein, and beat down <05422> (8799) the city <05892>_, and sowed <02232> (8799) it with salt <04417>_.
NASB © biblegateway Jdg 9:45	Abimelech <040> fought <03898> against the city <05892> all <03605> that day <03117> , and he captured <03920> the city <05892> and killed <02026> the people <05971> who <0834> were in it; then he razed <05422> the city <05892> and sowed <02232> it with salt <04417> .
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ abimelec {N-PRI} epolemei <4170> V-IAI-3S en <1722> PREP th <3588> T-DSF polei <4172> N-DSF olhn <3650> A-ASF thn <3588> T-ASF hmeran <2250> N-ASF ekeinhn <1565> D-ASF kai <2532> CONJ katelabonto <2638> V-AMI-3P thn <3588> T-ASF polin <4172> N-ASF kai <2532> CONJ ton <3588> T-ASM laon <2992> N-ASM ton <3588> T-ASM en <1722> PREP auth <846> D-DSF aneilen <337> V-AAI-3S kai <2532> CONJ thn <3588> T-ASF polin <4172> N-ASF kayeilen <2507> V-AAI-3S kai <2532> CONJ espeiren <4687> V-AAI-3S authn <846> D-ASF alav <251> N-APM
NET [draft] ITL	Abimelech <040> fought <03898> against the city <05892> all <03605> that day <03117> . He <01931> captured <03920> the city <05892> and killed <02026> all the people <05971> in it. Then he leveled <05422> the city <05892> and spread <02232> salt <04417> over it.
HEBREW	P xlm <04417> herzyw <02232> ryeh <05892> ta <0853> Utyw <05422> grh <02026> hb <0> rsa <0834> Meh <05971> taw <0853> ryeh <05892> ta <0853> dklyw <03920> awhh <01931> Mwyh <03117> lk <03605> ryeb <05892> Mxln <03898> Klmybaw (9:45) <040>

NETBible

Abimelech fought against the city all that day. He captured the city and killed all the people in it. Then he leveled¹ the city and spread salt over it.²

NET Notes

¹tn Or “destroyed.”

²tn Heb “sowed it with salt.”

²sn The spreading of salt over the city was probably a symbolic act designed to place the site under a curse, deprive it of fertility, and prevent any future habitation. The practice is referred to outside the Bible as well. For example, one of the curses in the Aramaic Sefire treaty states concerning Arpad: “May Hadad sow in them salt and weeds, and may it not be mentioned again!” See J. A. Fitzmyer, The Aramaic Inscriptions of Sefire (BibOr), 15, 53. Deut 29:23, Jer 17:6, and Zeph 2:9 associate salt flats or salty regions with infertility and divine judgment.