Judges 9:49-51

New Century Version

⁴⁹ So all those men cut branches and followed Abimelech and piled them against the safest room of the temple. Then they set them on fire and burned the people inside. 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, and captured it. ⁵¹ But inside the city was a strong tower, so all the men, women, and leaders 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.