Judg 9:49 | NETfull | 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 ^{▼▼ The words “the branches” are supplied in the translation for clarification.} against the stronghold and set fire to it. ^{▼▼Heb “they kindled over them the stronghold with fire.”} All the people ^{▼▼ 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 a thousand men and women.