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46 On hearing of this, all the leaders in the tower of Shechem (shoulder) entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith (Baal-berith). 47 And when Abimelech (my father is king) was told that all the leaders in the tower of Shechem (shoulder) were gathered there, 48 he (my father is king) and all his men went up to Mount Zalmon (shady). Abimelech took his axe in his hand and cut a branch from the trees, which he lifted to his shoulder, saying to his men, “Hurry and do what you⁺ have seen me do.” 49 So each man also cut his own branch and followed Abimelech (my father is king). Then they piled the branches against the inner chamber and set it on fire above them, killing everyone in the tower of Shechem (shoulder), about a thousand men and women. Judges 9:46-49, Berean Annotated Bible. Public domain.
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