Judges 9:46-48

Revised Geneva Translation

⁴⁶ And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard it, they entered into a stronghold of the house of the god Berith.

⁴⁷ And it was told to Abimelech, so that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.

⁴⁸ And Abimelech got up to Mount Zalmon, he and all the people who were with him. And Abimelech took axes with him and cut down boughs of trees, and took them, and bore them on his shoulder, and said to the people who were with him, “What you have seen me do, hurry and do likewise!”