And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith. A hold of the house of the god Berith - This must mean the precincts of the temple, as we find there were a thousand men and women together in that place.
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Judges 9:46
46 And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.