Judges 9:51
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Judges 9:51 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Judges 9:51 is a verse from the book of Judges in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "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..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Judges 9:51 — KJV
“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.”
— Judges 9:51 (KJV)
Judges 9:51 in Context — About the Book of Judges
Judges chronicles Israel's darkest cycle: sin, oppression, crying out, and rescue — repeated for generations. God raises unlikely deliverers like Gideon, Deborah, and Samson, proving He responds to honest cries for help even when His people keep failing. Grace shines against a dark backdrop.
Cross-References for Judges 9:51
“For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.”
Shares key themes with Judges 9:51: city, fled, men
“Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:”
Shares key themes with Judges 9:51: within, men, women
“And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.”
Shares key themes with Judges 9:51: city, fled, men
“But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber. into an...: or, from chamber to chamber: Heb. into a chamber within a chamber”
Shares key themes with Judges 9:51: within, city, fled
“And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain.”
Shares key themes with Judges 9:51: city, fled, men
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