Judges 9:49-51

International Children’s Bible

⁴⁹ So all those men cut branches and followed Abimelech. They piled the branches against the safest room of the temple. Then they set them on fire and burned the people in the room. So all the people who lived at the Tower of Shechem also died. There were about 1,000 men and women.

Abimelech’s Death

⁵⁰ Then Abimelech went to the city of Thebez. He surrounded the city, attacked it and captured it. ⁵¹ But inside the city was a strong tower. All the men and women 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.