'Tower' in the Bible
So Gideon said also to the men of Penuel, “When I come again in peace, I will tear down this tower.”
He tore down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.
When all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem heard about it, they entered the inner chamber (stronghold) of the temple of El-berith (the god of a covenant).
Abimelech was told that all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem were assembled together.
So everyone of the people also cut down his branch and followed Abimelech, and they put the branches on top of the inner chamber and set it on fire over those inside, so that all the people in the Tower of Shechem also died, about a thousand men and women.
But there was a strong (fortified) tower in the center of the city, and all the men and women with all the leaders of the city fled to it and shut themselves in; and they went up on the roof of the tower.
So Abimelech came to the tower and fought against it, and approached the entrance of the tower to burn it down with fire.