| Verse | Translation | Text |
| Jud 9:52 | King James | And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Went hard unto the door ... - i. e. went close to the door. An act of manifest danger, seeing the roof was covered with persons who would be likely to throw down missiles of all sorts on the heads of their assailants. But the hatred of Abimelech, and his thirst for revenge, made him despise danger. |