9:45a And all that day Abimelech fought against the city

Abimelek continued to fight all that day
-or-
All day Abimelek fought against the people of Shechem.

9:45b until he had captured it and killed its people.

and he captured the town. He killed the people
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He captured the town and killed the people.

9:45c Then he demolished the city

and destroyed the town
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Then they destroyed the town

9:45d and sowed it with salt.

and sprinkled salt everywhere.
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and spread salt over the fields ⌊so that nobody could plant crops there any more⌋ .

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