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.

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Bible References

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Judges 9:15
So the bramble said to the trees, ‘If in truth you are anointing me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade; but if not, let fire come out of the bramble and devour the cedars of Lebanon.’
Galatians 5:15
But if you bite and devour one another [in bickering and strife], watch out that you [along with your entire fellowship] are not consumed by one another.
James 3:16
For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder [unrest, rebellion] and every evil thing and morally degrading practice.

General references

Joshua 10:18
Joshua said, “Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and assign men by it to guard them,
Judges 9:52
So Abimelech came to the tower and fought against it, and approached the entrance of the tower to burn it down with fire.