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46 And when all the men of the towre of Sichem heard that, they entred into an holde of the house of the god Berith. 47 And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the towre of Sichem were gathered together. 48 And Abimeleh gat him to mount Zelmon, both he & all the people that were with him, & toke axes with him, and cut downe bowes of trees, & toke them and bare them on his shulder, & sayde vnto the folke that were with hym: what ye haue seene me do, speede your selues, & do lykewyse as I haue done. 49 And al the men that were among the people, cut downe bowes, and folowed Abimelech, and put them into the hold, and set the holde a fire by them: so that al the men of the towre of Sichem died also, vpon a thousande men & women. Judges 9:46-49, Bishops' Bible of 1568. Public domain.
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