Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - Judges 9:45

Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - Judges 9:45 - 9:45

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Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - Judges 9:45 - 9:45

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9:1 - 9:1
9:7 - 9:7
9:16 - 9:16
9:21 - 9:21
9:22 - 9:22
9:25 - 9:25
9:30 - 9:30
9:32 - 9:32
9:34 - 9:34
9:35 - 9:35
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9:38 - 9:38
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9:41 - 9:41
9:42 - 9:42
9:44 - 9:44
9:45 - 9:45
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9:50 - 9:50

Thus Abimelech fought all that day against the city and took it; and having slain all the people therein, he destroyed the city and strewed salt upon it. Strewing the ruined city with salt, which only occurs here, was a symbolical act, signifying that the city was to be turned for ever into a barren salt desert. Salt ground is a barren desert (see Job 39:6; Psa 107:34).