And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.

They entered into an hold ... - literally, into the tower of the house of the god Berith, which was capacious enough to admit more than a thousand persons. Among the pagan, temples and places of worship were commonly built on mountains or high places, either in the form of forts or with towers attached to them.

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