'Tower' in the Bible
So he responded the same way to the men of Penuel, "When I come back safely, I'm going to tear down this tower."
He also demolished the tower in Penuel and killed the men of the city.
When all the "lords" at the tower of Shechem heard what had happened, they retreated into the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith.
Abimilech was told that all of the "lords" of the Shechem Tower had assembled there.
Then his entire army also cut down a branch for each soldier, followed Abimelech to the inner chamber, and set fire to it while they were inside. As a result, all the men of the tower of Shechem died, including about a thousand men and women.
But there was a fortified tower in the center of the city, and all the men, women, and leaders of the city escaped to it, shut themselves in, and went up to the roof of the tower.
So Abimelech approached the tower, attacked it, and approached the tower's gate, intending to burn it down.