Judg 9:49 | NET2full | STEP | So each of his men also cut off a branch and followed Abimelech . They put the branches against the stronghold and set fire to it . All the people of the Tower of Shechem died

‏ Judges 9:49

49 So each of his men also cut off a branch and followed Abimelech. They put the branches ^{▼▼tn The words “the branches” are supplied in the translation for clarification.} against the stronghold and set fire to it. ^{▼▼tn Heb “they kindled over them the stronghold with fire.”} All the people ^{▼▼tn Or “men,” but the word seems to have a more general sense here, as the conclusion to the sentence suggests.} of the Tower of Shechem died—about 1,000 men and women.