Judges 9:45-49
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46Then all the lords of the tower of Shechem heard of it, and they entered the inner chamber of the 1temple of aEl-berith. 47And it was told to Abimelech that all the lords of the tower of Shechem were gathered together. 48So Abimelech went up to Mount aZalmon, he and all the people who were with him; and Abimelech took 1an axe in his hand and cut down a branch from the trees and lifted it and laid it on his shoulder. Then he said to the people who were with him, “What you have seen me do, hurry and do 2likewise.” 49And all the people also cut down each one his branch and followed Abimelech and put them on the inner chamber and set the inner chamber on fire over those inside, so that all the men of the tower of Shechem also died, about one thousand men and women.