Judges 9:49

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

So every one of the people cut down his bundle and following Abimelech put it against the stronghold, and they set the stronghold on fire over them, so that all the people of the Tower of Shechem also died, about a thousand men and women.

Cross References

Galatians 5:15

But if you bite and devour one another take heed that you are not consumed by one another.

James 3:16

For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.

Judges 9:15

And the bramble said to the trees, ‘If in good faith you are anointing me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade; but if not, let fire come out of the bramble and devour the cedars of Lebanon.’

Judges 9:20

but if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the citizens of Shechem, and Beth-millo; and let fire come out from the citizens of Shechem, and from Beth-millo, and devour Abimelech.”

Judges 9:48

And Abimelech went up to Mount Zalmon, he and all the men that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bundle of brushwood, and took it up and laid it on his shoulder. And he said to the men that were with him, “What you have seen me do, make haste to do, as I have done.”

Judges 9:50

Then Abimelech went to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.