¹⁸ And Joshua said, “Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave and set men by it to guard them,

⁶⁶ So they went and made the tomb secure by ^(A)sealing the stone and setting a guard.

The Destruction of Israel

9 I saw the Lord standing beside^[a] the altar, and he said:

²² Then Joshua said, “Open the mouth of the cave and bring those five kings out to me from the cave.”

⁴⁶ When all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered ^(A)the stronghold of the house of ^(B)El-berith. ⁴⁷ Abimelech was told that all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem were gathered together. ⁴⁸ And Abimelech went up to Mount ^(C)Zalmon, he and all the people who were with him. And Abimelech took an axe in his hand and cut down a bundle of brushwood and took it up and laid it on his shoulder. And he said to the men who were with him, “What you have seen me do, hurry and do as I have done.” ⁴⁹ So every one of the people cut down his bundle and following Abimelech put it against ^(D)the stronghold, and they set the stronghold on fire over them, so that all the people of the Tower of Shechem also died, about 1,000 men and women.