52Abimelech went to the tower and stormed it. But as he approached the entrance to the tower to set it on fire,
52Abimelech went to the tower and stormed it. But as he approached the entrance to the tower to set it on fire,
49 So all the men cut branches and followed Abimelech. They piled them against the stronghold and set it on fire over the people inside. So all the people in the tower of Shechem, about a thousand men and women, also died.
50 Next Abimelech went to Thebez and besieged it and captured it.
51 Inside the city, however, was a strong tower, to which all the men and women- all the people of the city-fled. They locked themselves in and climbed up on the tower roof.
52 Abimelech went to the tower and stormed it. But as he approached the entrance to the tower to set it on fire,
53 a woman dropped an upper millstone on his head and cracked his skull.
54 Hurriedly he called to his armor-bearer, "Draw your sword and kill me, so that they can't say, 'A woman killed him.' " So his servant ran him through, and he died.
9:52And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
9:52And Abimelech coming near the tower, fought stoutly: and approaching to the gate, endeavoured to set fire to it:
9:52And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and drew near unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
9:52And Abim'elech came to the tower, and fought against it, and drew near to the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
9:52And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
9:52And Abimelech came to the tower, and fought against it, and came near to the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
9:52Abimelech came to the tower, and fought against it, and drew near to the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
9:52And Abimelech cometh unto the tower, and fighteth against it, and draweth nigh unto the opening of the tower to burn it with fire,
9:52And Abimelech came to the tower, and fought against it, and went hard to the door of the tower to burn it with fire.