45
And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that were in it, and broke down the city, and sowed it with salt.
46
And all the men of the tower of Shechem heard [that], and they entered into the stronghold of the house of the ·god Berith.
47
And it was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem had gathered together.
48
Then Abimelech went up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it up and laid it on his shoulder, and said to the people that was with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, do as I have done.
49
And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and they followed Abimelech, and put [them] to the hold, and burned the hold with fire upon them. And all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.
Footnotes 1
[a].
See Note, ver. 2; 'men' here is the same in Hebrew as 'citizens' throughout the chapter.