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46 And all the lords of the tower of Shechem will hear, and they will go in to the tower of the god of the covenant. 47 And it was announced to Abimelech that all the lords of the tower of Shechem were gathered together. 48 And Abimelech will go up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that with him; and Abimelech will take axes in his hand, and he will cut boughs of the trees, and will lift up and will put upon his shoulder, and he will say to the people which are with him, What ye saw I did, hasten, do like me. 49 And also all the people will cut each a bough, and will go after Abimelech, and they will put upon the tower, and will set the tower on fire upon them, and all the men of the tower of Shechem will die; about a thousand men and women. 50 And Abimelech will go to Thebez, and he will encamp against Thebez and take it. 51 And a strong tower was in the midst of the city, and thither will flee all the men and women and all the lords of the city, and will shut up from after them, and they will go up upon the roof of the tower. 52 And Abimelech will come even to the tower, and will fight against it, and will urge on, even to the door of the tower to burn it with fire. 53 And one woman will cast a piece of the upper mill-stone upon the head of Abimelech, and she will break his skull. 54 And he will call quickly to the youth lifting up his weapons, and he will say to him, Draw thy sword and put me to death, lest they shall say of me, A woman killed him. And his youth will thrust him through and he will die. 55 And the men of Israel will see that Abimelech died, and they will go each to his place. 56 And God will turn back the evil of Abimelech which he did to his father for killing his seventy brethren. 57 And all the evil of the men of Shechem God turned back upon their head: and against them will come the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal. Judges 9:46-57, Smith's Literal Translation. Public domain.
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