Then Abimelechand the companywhowas with him dashedforward and stoodin the entranceof the citygate;the other twocompaniesthen dashedagainstallwho[were] in the fieldand slewthem.
But ifyou biteand devouroneanother,take carethat you are not consumedby one another.
"The bramblesaidto the trees,'Ifin truthyou are anointingme as kingoveryou, comeand takerefugein my shade;but ifnot, may firecomeout from the brambleand consumethe cedarsof Lebanon.'
"But ifnot, let firecomeout from Abimelechand consumethe menof Shechemand Beth-millo;and let firecomeout from the menof Shechemand from Beth-millo,and consumeAbimelech."
So he tookhis peopleand dividedthem into threecompanies,and layin waitin the field;when he lookedand sawthe peoplecomingout from the city,he aroseagainstthem and slewthem.
Abimelechfoughtagainst the cityallthat day,and he capturedthe cityand killedthe peoplewho[were] in it; then he razedthe cityand sowedit with salt.
