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46 And when all the lords of the Tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered into the stronghold of the house of El Berith. 47 And it was told Abimelech that all the lords of the Tower of Shechem were gathered together. 48 So Abimelech went up to Mount Zalmon, he and all the people who were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a branch from the trees, and took it up, and laid it on his shoulder. And he said to the people who were with him, |What you have seen me do, do quickly, and do as I have done.| 49 All the people likewise cut down his branch and followed Abimelech, and put them on the stronghold, and set the stronghold on fire on them; so that all the men of the Tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women. Judges 9:46-49, New Heart English Bible. Public domain.
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