49 So each of the people likewise cut down his own bough and followed Abimelech, put them against the [a]stronghold, and set the stronghold on fire above them, so that all the people of the tower of Shechem died, about a thousand men and women.

50 Then Abimelech went to Thebez, and he [b]encamped against Thebez and took it. 51 But there was a strong tower in the city, and all the men and women—all the people of the city—fled there and shut themselves in; then they went up to the top of the tower.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 9:49 fortified room
  2. Judges 9:50 besieged

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