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rned his arms against Thebez. There was a strong tower within the city--the citadel--into which all the inhabitants gathered for safety, climbing onto the roof of the tower.
Where is Thebez in the Bible?
Thebez was a Canaanite city located in the hill country of central Palestine, in the region that became part of the northern Kingdom of Israel. It is best known from the Book of Judges as the site where the judge Abimelech met his fatal end around 1150 BCE. While besieging the city's fortified tower, a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech's head, mortally wounding him, and he asked his armor-bearer to kill him rather than die at the hands of a woman. This account in Judges 9:50-54 is also referenced in 2 Samuel 11:21 as a cautionary example of divine judgment against those who pursue power through violence.
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- Judges
Thebez
ISBE 1915 (Public Domain)rned his arms against Thebez. There was a strong tower within the city--the citadel--into which all the inhabitants gathered for safety, climbing onto the roof of the tower. Abimelech incautiously venturing near the tower, a woman cast an upper millstone upon his head and broke his skull. Fearing the shame of perishing by the hand of a woman, he persuaded his armor-bearer to thrust him through (Jud 9:50). The incident is alluded to in 2Sa 11:21. Eusebius, Onomasticon places it 13 Roman miles from Neapolis (Nablus) on the road to Scythopolis (Beisan). There is no doubt that it is represented by Tubas. This is a village situated in a district of considerable fertility, about 10 miles from Nablus. There are many olive trees. The rain is captured and led to rockcut cisterns, whence the village draws its water-supply. According to the Samaritans the tomb of Neby Toba marks the grave of the patriarch Asher.
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the-ko'-e (1 Macc 9:33).
See TEKOA.
the'-werd. "To thee-ward" (1Sa 19:4) = toward thee.
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