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49 So each of his men also cut off a branch and followed Abimelech. They put the branches[a] against the stronghold and set fire to it.[b] All the people[c] of the Tower of Shechem died—about 1,000 men and women.

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  1. Judges 9:49 tn The words “the branches” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
  2. Judges 9:49 tn Heb “they kindled over them the stronghold with fire.”
  3. Judges 9:49 tn Or “men,” but the word seems to have a more general sense here, as the conclusion to the sentence suggests.