And Amri went up, and all Israel with him from Gebbethon: and they besieged Thersa.
Then Abimelech departing from thence came to the town of Thebes, which he surrounded and besieged with his army.
And Abimelech assaulted the city all that day: and took it, and killed the inhabitants thereof: and demolished it, so that he sowed salt in it.
And when they heard that Zambri had rebelled, and slain the king, all Israel made Amri their king, who was general over Israel in the camp that day.
And Zambri seeing that the city was about to be taken, went into the palace and burnt himself with the king's house. And he died