46 Now when all the men of the tower of Shechem had heard that, they entered the [a]stronghold of the temple (A)of the god Berith. 47 And it was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together. 48 Then Abimelech went up to Mount (B)Zalmon, he and all the people who were with him. And Abimelech took an ax in his hand and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it and laid it on his shoulder; then he said to the people who were with him, “What you have seen me do, make haste and do as I have done.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 9:46 fortified room

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