An hold of the house of the god Berith - As combining the advantages of a “sanctuary” (compare 1 Kings 2:28) and a fortress. Th…

The men of the tower of Shechem. —Evidently the garrison of the house of Millo (Judges 9:6).

Entered in…

And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that
That the city of Shechem was taken, the inhabitants of it sl…

Abimelech intended to punish the Schechemites for slighting him now, but God punished them for their serving him formerly in the murder of Gideon's…