Judges 9:51
There was a fortified tower in the center of the city, so all the men and women, as well as the city’s leaders, ran into it and locked the entrance. Then they went up to the roof of the tower.
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49So each of his men also cut off a branch and followed Abimelech. They put the branches against the stronghold and set fire to it. All the people of the Tower of Shechem died– about a thousand men and women.
50Abimelech moved on to Thebez; he besieged and captured it.
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52Abimelech came and attacked the tower. When he approached the entrance of the tower to set it on fire,
53a woman threw an upper millstone down on his head and shattered his skull.
54He quickly called to the young man who carried his weapons,“Draw your sword and kill me, so they will not say,‘A woman killed him.’” So the young man stabbed him and he died.
55When the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they went home.
56God repaid Abimelech for the evil he did to his father by murdering his seventy half-brothers.
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39So Gaal led the leaders of Shechem out and fought Abimelech.
40Abimelech chased him, and Gaal ran from him. Many Shechemites fell wounded at the entrance of the gate.
41Abimelech went back to Arumah; Zebul drove Gaal and his brothers out of Shechem.
42The next day the Shechemites came out to the field. When Abimelech heard about it,
43he took his men and divided them into three units and set an ambush in the field. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he attacked and struck them down.
44Abimelech and his units attacked and blocked the entrance to the city’s gate. Two units then attacked all the people in the field and struck them down.
45Abimelech fought against the city all that day. He captured the city and killed all the people in it. Then he leveled the city and spread salt over it.
46When all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem heard the news, they went to the stronghold of the temple of El-Berith.
47Abimelech heard that all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem were in one place.
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31He sent messengers to Abimelech, who was in Arumah, reporting,“Beware! Gaal son of Ebed and his brothers are coming to Shechem and inciting the city to rebel against you.
32Now, come up at night with your men and set an ambush in the field outside the city.
33In the morning at sunrise quickly attack the city. When he and his men come out to fight you, do what you can to him.”
34So Abimelech and all his men came up at night and set an ambush outside Shechem– they divided into four units.
35When Gaal son of Ebed came out and stood at the entrance to the city’s gate, Abimelech and his men got up from their hiding places.
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14There was once a small city with a few men in it, and a mighty king attacked it, besieging it and building strong siege works against it.
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25The leaders of Shechem rebelled against Abimelech by putting bandits in the hills, who robbed everyone who traveled by on the road. But Abimelech found out about it.
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20But if not, may fire blaze from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo! May fire also blaze from the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo and consume Abimelech!”
21Then Jotham ran away to Beer and lived there to escape from Abimelech his half-brother.
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15Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window.(Her house was built as part of the city wall; she lived in the wall.)
16She told them,“Head to the hill country, so the ones chasing you don’t find you. Hide from them there for three days, long enough for those chasing you to return. Then you can be on your way.”
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7Meanwhile the king’s men tried to find them on the road to the Jordan River near the fords. The city gate was shut as soon as they set out in pursuit of them.
8Now before the spies went to sleep, Rahab went up to the roof.
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17He also tore down the tower of Penuel and executed the city’s men.
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10So the men inside reached out and pulled Lot back into the house as they shut the door.
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5When it was time to shut the city gate for the night, the men left. I don’t know where they were heading. Chase after them quickly, for you have time to catch them!”
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6All the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo assembled and then went and made Abimelech king by the oak near the pillar in Shechem.
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5I and all the troops who are with me will approach the city. When they come out to fight us like before, we will retreat from them.
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10Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron. These were the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.
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15for every high tower, for every fortified wall,
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37The men hiding in ambush made a mad dash to Gibeah. They attacked and put the sword to the entire city.
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10The name of the LORD is like a strong tower; the righteous person runs to it and is set safely on high.
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9They rush into the city; they scale its walls. They climb up into the houses; they go in through the windows like a thief.