Judges 9:48

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So Aḇimeleḵ went up to Mount Tsalmon, he and all the people who were with him. And Aḇimeleḵ took an axe in his hand and cut down a branch from the trees, and took it and laid it on his shoulder. Then he said to the people who were with him, “What you have seen me do, hurry, do as I have done.”

Cross References

Psalm 68:14

When the Almighty scattered sovereigns in it, It did snow in Tsalmon.

Psalm 68:15

A mountain of Elohim is the mountain of Bashan; A mountain of peaks is the mountain of Bashan.

Judges 9:47

And it was reported to Aḇimeleḵ that all the masters of the tower of Sheḵem were gathered together.

Judges 9:49

And all the people likewise cut down each one his own branch and followed Aḇimeleḵ, and put them against the stronghold, and set the stronghold on fire above them, so that all the men of the tower of Sheḵem died, about a thousand men and women.

Judges 9:52

And Aḇimeleḵ came to the tower and fought against it, and approached the door of the tower to burn it with fire.