<vn='1'>And <sn="40">Abimelech</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3378">Jerubbaal</s><sn="1980">went</s> to <sn="7927">Shechem</s><sn="413">unto</s> his <sn="517">mother</s> 's <sn="251">brethren</s>, and <sn="1696">communed</s><sn="413">with</s> them, and <sn="413">with</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4940">family</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of his <sn="517">mother</s> 's <sn="1">father</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='2'><sn="1696">Speak</s>, I pray <sn="4994">you</s>, in the <sn="241">ears</s> of <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1167">men</s> of <sn="7927">Shechem</s>, <sn="4100">Whether</s> is <sn="2896">better</s> for you, either that <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="3378">Jerubbaal</s>, which are threescore and <sn="7657">ten</s><sn="376">persons</s>, <sn="4910">reign</s> over you, <sn="518">or</s> that <sn="259">one</s><sn="4910">reign</s> over you? <sn="2142">remember</s> also <sn="3588">that</s><sn="589">I</s> am your <sn="6106">bone</s> and your <sn="1320">flesh</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And his <sn="517">mother</s> 's <sn="251">brethren</s><sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="5921">of</s> him in the <sn="241">ears</s> of <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1167">men</s> of <sn="7927">Shechem</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="428">these</s><sn="1697">words</s>: and their <sn="3820">hearts</s> inclined to <sn="5186 310">follow</s><sn="40">Abimelech</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> they <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="1931">He</s> is our <sn="251">brother</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And they <sn="5414">gave</s> him threescore and <sn="7657">ten</s> pieces of <sn="3701">silver</s> out of the <sn="4480 1004">house</s> of <sn="1170">Baal</s> -berith, wherewith <sn="40">Abimelech</s><sn="7936">hired</s><sn="7386">vain</s> and <sn="6348">light</s><sn="376">persons</s>, which <sn="1980 310">followed</s> him. </v>
<vn='5'>And he <sn="935">went</s> unto his <sn="1">father</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s> at <sn="6084">Ophrah</s>, and <sn="2026">slew</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="251">brethren</s> the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="3378">Jerubbaal</s>, being threescore and <sn="7657">ten</s><sn="376">persons</s>, <sn="5921">upon</s><sn="259">one</s><sn="68">stone</s>: notwithstanding yet <sn="3147">Jotham</s> the <sn="6996">youngest</s><sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3378">Jerubbaal</s> was <sn="3498">left</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> he hid <sn="2244">himself</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1167">men</s> of <sn="7927">Shechem</s> gathered <sn="622">together</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the house of <sn="1037">Millo</s>, and <sn="1980">went</s>, and <sn="4427">made</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="40">Abimelech</s><sn="4428">king</s>, <sn="5973">by</s> the <sn="436">plain</s> of the <sn="5324">pillar</s><sn="834">that</s> was in <sn="7927">Shechem</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And when they <sn="5046">told</s> it to <sn="3147">Jotham</s>, he <sn="1980">went</s> and <sn="5975">stood</s> in the <sn="7218">top</s> of <sn="2022">mount</s><sn="1630">Gerizim</s>, and lifted <sn="5375">up</s> his <sn="6963">voice</s>, and <sn="7121">cried</s>, and <sn="559">said</s> unto them, <sn="8085">Hearken</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, ye <sn="1167">men</s> of <sn="7927">Shechem</s>, that <sn="430">God</s> may <sn="8085">hearken</s><sn="413">unto</s> you. </v>
<vn='8'>The <sn="6086">trees</s> went <sn="1980 1980">forth</s> on a time to <sn="4886">anoint</s> a <sn="4428">king</s><sn="5921">over</s> them; and they <sn="559">said</s> unto the olive <sn="2132">tree</s>, <sn="4427">Reign</s> thou <sn="5921">over</s> us. </v>
<vn='9'>But the olive <sn="2132">tree</s><sn="559">said</s> unto them, Should I <sn="2308">leave</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="1880">fatness</s>, <sn="834">wherewith</s> by me they <sn="3513">honor</s><sn="430">God</s> and <sn="376">man</s>, and <sn="1980">go</s> to be <sn="5128">promoted</s><sn="5921">over</s> the <sn="6086">trees</s>? </v>
<vn='10'>And the <sn="6086">trees</s><sn="559">said</s> to the fig <sn="8384">tree</s>, <sn="1980">Come</s><sn="859">thou</s>, and <sn="4427">reign</s><sn="5921">over</s> us. </v>
<vn='11'>But the fig <sn="8384">tree</s><sn="559">said</s> unto them, Should I <sn="2308">forsake</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="4987">sweetness</s>, and my <sn="2896">good</s><sn="8570">fruit</s>, and <sn="1980">go</s> to be <sn="5128">promoted</s><sn="5921">over</s> the <sn="6086">trees</s>? </v>
<vn='12'>Then <sn="559">said</s> the <sn="6086">trees</s> unto the <sn="1612">vine</s>, <sn="1980">Come</s><sn="859">thou</s>, and <sn="4427">reign</s><sn="5921">over</s> us. </v>
<vn='13'>And the <sn="1612">vine</s><sn="559">said</s> unto them, Should I <sn="2308">leave</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="8492">wine</s>, which <sn="8055">cheereth</s><sn="430">God</s> and <sn="376">man</s>, and <sn="1980">go</s> to be <sn="5128">promoted</s><sn="5921">over</s> the <sn="6086">trees</s>? </v>
<vn='14'>Then <sn="559">said</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="6086">trees</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="329">bramble</s>, <sn="1980">Come</s><sn="859">thou</s>, and <sn="4427">reign</s><sn="5921">over</s> us. </v>
<vn='15'>And the <sn="329">bramble</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="6086">trees</s>, <sn="518">If</s> in <sn="571">truth</s><sn="859">ye</s><sn="4886">anoint</s> me <sn="4428">king</s><sn="5921">over</s> you, then <sn="935">come</s> and put your <sn="2620">trust</s> in my <sn="6738">shadow</s>: and <sn="518">if</s><sn="369">not</s>, let <sn="784">fire</s> come <sn="3318">out</s><sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="329">bramble</s>, and <sn="398">devour</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="730">cedars</s> of <sn="3844">Lebanon</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="6258">Now</s> therefore, <sn="518">if</s> ye have <sn="6213">done</s><sn="571">truly</s> and <sn="8549">sincerely</s>, in that ye have made Abimelech <sn="4427 *853 40">king</s>, and <sn="518">if</s> ye have <sn="6213">dealt</s><sn="2896">well</s><sn="5973">with</s><sn="3378">Jerubbaal</s> and his <sn="1004">house</s>, and have <sn="6213">done</s> unto him according to the <sn="1576">deserving</s> of his <sn="3027">hands</s>; </v>
<vn='17'>( <sn="834">For</s> my <sn="1">father</s><sn="3898">fought</s><sn="5921">for</s> you, and <sn="7993">adventured</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="5315">life</s><sn="4480 5048">far</s>, and <sn="5337">delivered</s> you out of the <sn="4480 3027">hand</s> of <sn="4080">Midian</s>: </v>
<vn='18'>And <sn="859">ye</s> are risen <sn="6965">up</s><sn="5921">against</s> my <sn="1">father</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s> this <sn="3117">day</s>, and have <sn="2026">slain</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="1121">sons</s>, threescore and <sn="7657">ten</s><sn="376">persons</s>, <sn="5921">upon</s><sn="259">one</s><sn="68">stone</s>, and have made <sn="*853"></s><sn="40">Abimelech</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of his <sn="519">maidservant</s>, <sn="4427">king</s><sn="5921">over</s> the <sn="1167">men</s> of <sn="7927">Shechem</s>, <sn="3588">because</s><sn="1931">he</s> is your <sn="251">brother</s>;) </v>
<vn='19'><sn="518">If</s> ye then have <sn="6213">dealt</s><sn="571">truly</s> and <sn="8549">sincerely</s><sn="5973">with</s><sn="3378">Jerubbaal</s> and <sn="5973">with</s> his <sn="1004">house</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s>, then <sn="8055">rejoice</s> ye in <sn="40">Abimelech</s>, and let <sn="1931">him</s><sn="1571">also</s><sn="8055">rejoice</s> in you: </v>
<vn='20'>But <sn="518">if</s><sn="369">not</s>, let <sn="784">fire</s> come <sn="3318">out</s> from <sn="4480 40">Abimelech</s>, and <sn="398">devour</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1167">men</s> of <sn="7927">Shechem</s>, and the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="4407">Millo</s>; and let <sn="784">fire</s> come <sn="3318">out</s> from the <sn="4480 1167">men</s> of <sn="7927">Shechem</s>, and from the <sn="4480 1004">house</s> of <sn="4407">Millo</s>, and <sn="398">devour</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="40">Abimelech</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And <sn="3147">Jotham</s> ran <sn="5127">away</s>, and <sn="1272">fled</s>, and <sn="1980">went</s> to <sn="876">Beer</s>, and <sn="3427">dwelt</s><sn="8033">there</s>, for <sn="4480 6440">fear</s> of <sn="40">Abimelech</s> his <sn="251">brother</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>When <sn="40">Abimelech</s> had <sn="7786">reigned</s><sn="7969">three</s><sn="8141">years</s><sn="5921">over</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, </v>
<vn='23'>Then <sn="430">God</s><sn="7971">sent</s> an <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="7307">spirit</s><sn="996">between</s><sn="40">Abimelech</s> and the <sn="1167">men</s> of <sn="7927">Shechem</s>; and the <sn="1167">men</s> of <sn="7927">Shechem</s> dealt <sn="898">treacherously</s> with <sn="40">Abimelech</s>: </v>
<vn='24'>That the <sn="2555">cruelty</s> done to the threescore and <sn="7657">ten</s><sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="3378">Jerubbaal</s> might <sn="935">come</s>, and their <sn="1818">blood</s> be <sn="7760">laid</s><sn="5921">upon</s><sn="40">Abimelech</s> their <sn="251">brother</s>, <sn="834">which</s><sn="2026">slew</s> them; and <sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="1167">men</s> of <sn="7927">Shechem</s>, <sn="834">which</s><sn="2388 *853 3027">aided</s> him in the <sn="2026">killing</s> of <sn="*853"></s> his <sn="251">brethren</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>And the <sn="1167">men</s> of <sn="7927">Shechem</s><sn="7760">set</s> liers in <sn="693">wait</s> for him <sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="7218">top</s> of the <sn="2022">mountains</s>, and they <sn="1497">robbed</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> came <sn="5674">along</s> that <sn="1870">way</s><sn="5921">by</s> them: and it was <sn="5046">told</s><sn="40">Abimelech</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>And <sn="1603">Gaal</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5651">Ebed</s><sn="935">came</s> with his <sn="251">brethren</s>, and went <sn="5674">over</s> to <sn="7927">Shechem</s>: and the <sn="1167">men</s> of <sn="7927">Shechem</s> put their <sn="982">confidence</s> in him. </v>
<vn='27'>And they went <sn="3318">out</s> into the <sn="7704">fields</s>, and <sn="1219">gathered</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="3754">vineyards</s>, and <sn="1869">trod</s> the grapes, and <sn="6213">made</s><sn="1974">merry</s>, and went <sn="935">into</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of their <sn="430">god</s>, and did <sn="398">eat</s> and <sn="8354">drink</s>, and <sn="7043">cursed</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="40">Abimelech</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>And <sn="1603">Gaal</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5651">Ebed</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4310">Who</s> is <sn="40">Abimelech</s>, and <sn="4310">who</s> is <sn="7927">Shechem</s>, <sn="3588">that</s> we should <sn="5647">serve</s> him? is <sn="3808">not</s> he the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3378">Jerubbaal</s>? and <sn="2083">Zebul</s> his <sn="6496">officer</s>? <sn="5647">serve</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="2544">Hamor</s> the <sn="1">father</s> of <sn="7928">Shechem</s>: for <sn="4069">why</s> should <sn="587">we</s><sn="5647">serve</s> him? </v>
<vn='29'>And would to <sn="4310 5414">God</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="5971">people</s> were under my <sn="3027">hand</s>! then would I <sn="5493">remove</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="40">Abimelech</s>. And he <sn="559">said</s> to <sn="40">Abimelech</s>, <sn="7235">Increase</s> thine <sn="6635">army</s>, and come <sn="3318">out</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>And when <sn="2083">Zebul</s> the <sn="8269">ruler</s> of the <sn="5892">city</s><sn="8085">heard</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1697">words</s> of <sn="1603">Gaal</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5651">Ebed</s>, his <sn="639">anger</s> was <sn="2734">kindled</s>. </v>
<vn='31'>And he <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="4397">messengers</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="40">Abimelech</s><sn="8649">privily</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, <sn="1603">Gaal</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5651">Ebed</s> and his <sn="251">brethren</s> be <sn="935">come</s> to <sn="7927">Shechem</s>; and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, they <sn="6696">fortify</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5892">city</s><sn="5921">against</s> thee. </v>
<vn='32'><sn="6258">Now</s> therefore <sn="6965">up</s> by <sn="3915">night</s>, <sn="859">thou</s> and the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="834">that</s> is <sn="854">with</s> thee, and lie in <sn="693">wait</s> in the <sn="7704">field</s>: </v>
<vn='33'>And it shall <sn="1961">be</s>, that in the <sn="1242">morning</s>, as soon as the <sn="8121">sun</s> is <sn="2224">up</s>, thou shalt rise <sn="7925">early</s>, and <sn="6584">set</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="5892">city</s>: and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, when <sn="1931">he</s> and the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="834">that</s> is <sn="854">with</s> him come <sn="3318">out</s><sn="413">against</s> thee, then mayest thou <sn="6213">do</s> to them <sn="834">as</s> thou shalt <sn="4672">find</s><sn="3027">occasion</s>. </v>
<vn='34'>And <sn="40">Abimelech</s> rose <sn="6965">up</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="834">that</s> were <sn="5973">with</s> him, by <sn="3915">night</s>, and they laid <sn="693">wait</s><sn="5921">against</s><sn="7927">Shechem</s> in <sn="702">four</s><sn="7218">companies</s>. </v>
<vn='35'>And <sn="1603">Gaal</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5651">Ebed</s> went <sn="3318">out</s>, and <sn="5975">stood</s> in the <sn="6607">entering</s> of the <sn="8179">gate</s> of the <sn="5892">city</s>: and <sn="40">Abimelech</s> rose <sn="6965">up</s>, and the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="834">that</s> were <sn="854">with</s> him, <sn="4480">from</s> lying in <sn="3993">wait</s>. </v>
<vn='36'>And when <sn="1603">Gaal</s><sn="7200">saw</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, he <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="2083">Zebul</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, there come people <sn="3381 5971">down</s> from the <sn="4480 7218">top</s> of the <sn="2022">mountains</s>. And <sn="2083">Zebul</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, <sn="859">Thou</s><sn="7200">seest</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6738">shadow</s> of the <sn="2022">mountains</s> as if they were <sn="376">men</s>. </v>
<vn='37'>And <sn="1603">Gaal</s><sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="3254">again</s> and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="2009">See</s> there come people <sn="3381 5971">down</s><sn="4480 5973">by</s> the <sn="2872">middle</s> of the <sn="776">land</s>, and <sn="259">another</s><sn="7218">company</s><sn="935">come</s> along <sn="4480 5973">by</s> the <sn="436">plain</s> of <sn="6049">Meonenim</s>. </v>
<vn='38'>Then <sn="559">said</s><sn="2083">Zebul</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, <sn="346">Where</s> is <sn="645">now</s> thy <sn="6310">mouth</s>, <sn="834">wherewith</s> thou <sn="559">saidst</s>, <sn="4310">Who</s> is <sn="40">Abimelech</s>, <sn="3588">that</s> we should <sn="5647">serve</s> him? is <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2088">this</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="834">that</s> thou hast <sn="3988">despised</s>? go <sn="3318">out</s>, I <sn="4994">pray</s><sn="6258">now</s>, and <sn="3898">fight</s> with them. </v>
<vn='39'>And <sn="1603">Gaal</s> went <sn="3318">out</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="1167">men</s> of <sn="7927">Shechem</s>, and <sn="3898">fought</s> with <sn="40">Abimelech</s>. </v>
<vn='40'>And <sn="40">Abimelech</s><sn="7291">chased</s> him, and he <sn="5127">fled</s><sn="4480 6440">before</s> him, and <sn="7227">many</s> were <sn="5307">overthrown</s> and <sn="2491">wounded</s>, even <sn="5704">unto</s> the <sn="6607">entering</s> of the <sn="8179">gate</s>. </v>
<vn='41'>And <sn="40">Abimelech</s><sn="3427">dwelt</s> at <sn="725">Arumah</s>: and <sn="2083">Zebul</s> thrust <sn="1644">out</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1603">Gaal</s> and his <sn="251">brethren</s>, that they should not <sn="4480 3427">dwell</s> in <sn="7927">Shechem</s>. </v>
<vn='42'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> on the <sn="4480 4283">morrow</s>, that the <sn="5971">people</s> went <sn="3318">out</s> into the <sn="7704">field</s>; and they <sn="5046">told</s><sn="40">Abimelech</s>. </v>
<vn='43'>And he <sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, and <sn="2673">divided</s> them into <sn="7969">three</s><sn="7218">companies</s>, and laid <sn="693">wait</s> in the <sn="7704">field</s>, and <sn="7200">looked</s>, and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, the <sn="5971">people</s> were come <sn="3318">forth</s> out <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="5892">city</s>; and he rose <sn="6965">up</s><sn="5921">against</s> them, and <sn="5221">smote</s> them. </v>
<vn='44'>And <sn="40">Abimelech</s>, and the <sn="7218">company</s><sn="834">that</s> was <sn="5973">with</s> him, rushed <sn="6584">forward</s>, and <sn="5975">stood</s> in the <sn="6607">entering</s> of the <sn="8179">gate</s> of the <sn="5892">city</s>: and the <sn="8147">two</s> other <sn="7218">companies</s><sn="6584">ran</s><sn="5921">upon</s><sn="3605">all</s> the people <sn="834">that</s> were in the <sn="7704">fields</s>, and <sn="5221">slew</s> them. </v>
<vn='45'>And <sn="40">Abimelech</s><sn="3898">fought</s> against the <sn="5892">city</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s>; and he <sn="3920">took</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5892">city</s>, and <sn="2026">slew</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="834">that</s> was therein, and beat <sn="5422">down</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5892">city</s>, and <sn="2232">sowed</s> it with <sn="4417">salt</s>. </v>
<vn='46'>And when <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1167">men</s> of the <sn="4026">tower</s> of <sn="7927">Shechem</s><sn="8085">heard</s> that, they <sn="935">entered</s><sn="413">into</s> a <sn="6877">hold</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="410">god</s><sn="1286">Berith</s>. </v>
<vn='47'>And it was <sn="5046">told</s><sn="40">Abimelech</s>, <sn="3588">that</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1167">men</s> of the <sn="4026">tower</s> of <sn="7927">Shechem</s> were gathered <sn="6908">together</s>. </v>
<vn='48'>And <sn="40">Abimelech</s> got him <sn="5927">up</s> to <sn="2022">mount</s><sn="6756">Zalmon</s>, <sn="1931">he</s> and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="834">that</s> were <sn="854">with</s> him; and <sn="40">Abimelech</s><sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> an <sn="7134">axe</s> in his <sn="3027">hand</s>, and cut <sn="3772">down</s> a <sn="7754">bough</s> from the <sn="6086">trees</s>, and <sn="5375">took</s> it, and <sn="7760">laid</s> it <sn="5921">on</s> his <sn="7926">shoulder</s>, and <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="834">that</s> were <sn="5973">with</s> him, <sn="4100">What</s> ye have <sn="7200">seen</s> me <sn="6213">do</s>, make <sn="4116">haste</s>, and <sn="6213">do</s> as <sn="3644">I</s> have done. </v>
<vn='49'>And <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="1571">likewise</s> cut <sn="3772">down</s> every <sn="376">man</s> his <sn="7754">bough</s>, and <sn="1980 310">followed</s><sn="40">Abimelech</s>, and <sn="7760">put</s> them <sn="5921">to</s> the <sn="6877">hold</s>, and <sn="3341">set</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6877">hold</s> on <sn="784">fire</s><sn="5921">upon</s> them; so that <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="376">men</s> of the <sn="4026">tower</s> of <sn="7927">Shechem</s><sn="4191">died</s><sn="1571">also</s>, about a <sn="505">thousand</s><sn="376">men</s> and <sn="802">women</s>. </v>
<vn='50'>Then <sn="1980">went</s><sn="40">Abimelech</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="8405">Thebez</s>, and <sn="2583">encamped</s> against <sn="8405">Thebez</s>, and <sn="3920">took</s> it. </v>
<vn='51'>But there <sn="1961">was</s> a <sn="5797">strong</s><sn="4026">tower</s><sn="8432">within</s> the <sn="5892">city</s>, and <sn="8033">thither</s><sn="5127">fled</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="376">men</s> and <sn="802">women</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="1167">they</s> of the <sn="5892">city</s>, and <sn="5462">shut</s> it <sn="1157">to</s> them, and got them <sn="5927">up</s><sn="5921">to</s> the <sn="1406">top</s> of the <sn="4026">tower</s>. </v>
<vn='52'>And <sn="40">Abimelech</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="5704">unto</s> the <sn="4026">tower</s>, and <sn="3898">fought</s> against it, and went <sn="5066">hard</s><sn="5704">unto</s> the <sn="6607">door</s> of the <sn="4026">tower</s> to <sn="8313">burn</s> it with <sn="784">fire</s>. </v>
<vn='53'>And a <sn="259">certain</s><sn="802">woman</s><sn="7993">cast</s> a <sn="6400">piece</s> of a <sn="7393">millstone</s><sn="5921">upon</s><sn="40">Abimelech</s> 's <sn="7218">head</s>, and all to <sn="7533">broke</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="1538">skull</s>. </v>
<vn='54'>Then he <sn="7121">called</s><sn="4120">hastily</s><sn="413">unto</s> the young <sn="5288">man</s> his <sn="5375 3627">armorbearer</s>, and <sn="559">said</s> unto him, <sn="8025">Draw</s> thy <sn="2719">sword</s>, and <sn="4191">slay</s> me, <sn="6435">that</s> men <sn="559">say</s> not of me, A <sn="802">woman</s><sn="2026">slew</s> him. And his young <sn="5288">man</s> thrust him <sn="1856">through</s>, and he <sn="4191">died</s>. </v>
<vn='55'>And when the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="40">Abimelech</s> was <sn="4191">dead</s>, they <sn="1980">departed</s> every <sn="376">man</s> unto his <sn="4725">place</s>. </v>
<vn='56'>Thus <sn="430">God</s><sn="7725">rendered</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7451">wickedness</s> of <sn="40">Abimelech</s>, <sn="834">which</s> he <sn="6213">did</s> unto his <sn="1">father</s>, in <sn="2026">slaying</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="7657">seventy</s><sn="251">brethren</s>: </v>
<vn='57'>And <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="7451">evil</s> of the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="7927">Shechem</s> did <sn="430">God</s><sn="7725">render</s> upon their <sn="7218">heads</s>: and <sn="413">upon</s> them <sn="935">came</s> the <sn="7045">curse</s> of <sn="3147">Jotham</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3378">Jerubbaal</s>. </v>