Judges 9:49

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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.

Cross References

Galatians 5:15

And if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another!

James 3:16

For where jealousy and self-seeking are, there is confusion and every foul deed.

Judges 9:15

“And the bramble said to the trees, ‘If in truth you anoint me as sovereign over you, come, take shelter in my shade. But if not, let fire come out of the bramble and devour the cedars of Leḇanon!’

Judges 9:20

“But if not, let fire come out from Aḇimeleḵ and devour the masters of Sheḵem and Bĕyth Millo, and let fire come out from the masters of Sheḵem and from Bĕyth Millo and devour Aḇimeleḵ!”

Judges 9:48

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.”

Judges 9:50

Aḇimeleḵ then went to Thĕḇĕts, and he encamped against Thĕḇĕts and captured it.