Judges 9:49-51

Expanded Bible

⁴⁹ So all those men cut ·branches [brushwood] and followed Abimelech and piled them against the ·safest room [stronghold; inner chamber] of the temple. Then they set them on fire and burned ·the people inside [^Lthe stronghold over them]. So all the people who were at the Tower of Shechem also died—about a thousand men and women.

Abimelech’s Death

⁵⁰ Then Abimelech went to the city of Thebez. He ·surrounded the city, attacked it, [^Lbesieged/encamped against Thebez] and captured it. ⁵¹ But inside the city was a strong ·tower [or fortress], so all the men, women, and ·leaders [leading citizens; lords] of that city ran to the tower. When they got inside, they locked the door behind them. Then they climbed up to the roof of the tower [^Cto fight back and avoid the fate of the people of Shechem; v. 49].