Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.

General references

Bible References

Put them

Judges 9:15
The bramble said to the trees,
“If you really are anointing me
as king over you,
come and find refuge in my shade.
But if not,
may fire come out from the bramble
and consume the cedars of Lebanon.”
Galatians 5:15
But if you bite and devour one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.
James 3:16
For where envy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every kind of evil.

General references

Joshua 10:18
Joshua said, “Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and station men by it to guard the kings.
Judges 9:52
When Abimelech came to attack the tower, he approached its entrance to set it on fire.

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