Abimelech

And Abimelech, and the bandes that were with him, russhed forwarde, and stoode in the entring of the gate of the citie: and the two other bandes ran vpon all the people that were in the fielde and slewe them.

And when Abimelech had fought against the citie all that day, he tooke the citie, and slewe the people that was therein, and destroyed the citie and sowed salt in it.

And it was tolde Abimelech, that all the men of the towre of Shechem were gathered together.

And Abimelech gate him vp to mounte Zalmon, hee and all the people that were with him: and Abimelech tooke axes with him, and cut downe boughes of trees, and tooke them, and bare them on his shoulder, and sayde vnto the folke that were with him, What ye haue seene me doe, make haste, and doe like me.

Then all the people also cut downe euery man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the holde, and set the holde on fire with them: so all the men of the towre of Shechem dyed also, about a thousand men and women.

Then went Abimelech to Tebez, and besieged Tebez, and tooke it.

And Abimelech came vnto the towre and fought against it, and went hard vnto the doore of the towre to set it on fire.

And when the men of Israel sawe that Abimelech was dead, they departed euery man vnto his owne place.

Thus God rendred the wickednes of Abimelech, which he did vnto his father, in slaying his seuentie brethren.

After Abimelech there arose to defend Israel, Tola, the sonne of Puah, the sone of Dodo, a man of Issachar, which dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.