Judges 9:49
Source: Septuagint
49And they cut down likewise even every man a branch, and went after Abimelech, and laid them against the place of gathering, and burned the place of gathering over them with fire; and they died, even all the men of the tower of Shechem, about a thousand men and women.
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47And it was reported to Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.
48And Abimelech went up to the mount of Zalmon, and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a branch of a tree, and took it, and laid it on his shoulders; and said to the people that were with him, What ye see me doing, do quickly as I.
— Judges 9:49 —
50And Abimelech went out of Beth-el-berith, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.
51And there was a strong tower in the midst of the city; and thither all the men and the women of the city fled, and shut the door without them, and went up on the roof of the tower.