Judges 9:42-57
42Now it happened the next day, that the people went out to the field, and it was told to Abimelech. 43So he took 1his people and divided them into three 2companies and lay in wait in the field; then he looked, and behold, the people were coming out from the city. So he arose against them and struck them down. 44Then Abimelech and the 1company who was with him rushed forward and stood in the entrance of the city gate; but the other two 2companies rushed upon all who were in the field and struck them down. 45So Abimelech fought against the city all that day, and he captured the city and killed the people who were in it; then he atore the city down and sowed it with salt.
46Then all the lords of the tower of Shechem heard of it, and they entered the inner chamber of the 1temple of aEl-berith. 47And it was told to Abimelech that all the lords of the tower of Shechem were gathered together. 48So Abimelech went up to Mount aZalmon, he and all the people who were with him; and Abimelech took 1an axe in his hand and cut down a branch from the trees and lifted it and laid it on his shoulder. Then he said to the people who were with him, “What you have seen me do, hurry and do 2likewise.” 49And all the people also cut down each one his branch and followed Abimelech and put them on the inner chamber and set the inner chamber on fire over those inside, so that all the men of the tower of Shechem also died, about one thousand men and women.
50Then Abimelech went to Thebez, and he camped against Thebez and captured it. 51But there was a strong tower in the center of the city, and all the men and women with all the lords of the city fled there and shut themselves in; and they went up on the roof of the tower. 52So Abimelech came to the tower and fought against it and approached the entrance of the tower to burn it with fire. 53But aa certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, and she smashed his skull. 54Then ahe called quickly to the young man, his armor bearer, and said to him, “Draw your sword and put me to death, lest they say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’” So 1the young man pierced him through, and he died. 55Then the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, so each went away to his 1home. 56Thus aGod returned the evil of Abimelech, which he had done to his father in killing his seventy brothers. 57God also returned all the evil of the men of Shechem on their own heads, and the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal came 1upon them.