Judges 9:46-48

Complete Jewish Bible

⁴⁶ When all the men in the fortress at Sh’khem heard about this, they took refuge in the stronghold of the temple of El-B’rit. ⁴⁷ Avimelekh was told that all the men from the Sh’khem fortress had gathered together; ⁴⁸ so he led all his men up to Mount Tzalmon, where he took an axe in his hand, cut a branch off a tree, and laid it on his shoulder. Then he said to those with him, “Quick! Do just what you saw me do!”