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stood in the entring of the gate of the citie: and Tebez, and besieged Tebez, and tooke it. 51 But
Abimelech rose vp, and the folke that were with there was a strong towre within the citie, and
him, from lying in waite. 36 And when Gaal sawe thither fledde all the men and women, and all the
the people, he said to Zebul, Beholde, there come chiefe of the citie, and shut it to them, and went
people downe from the tops of the mountaines: vp to the toppe of the towre. 52 And Abimelech
and Zebul said vnto him, The shadowe of the came vnto the towre and fought against it, and
mountaines seeme men vnto thee. 37 And Gaal went hard vnto the doore of the towre to set it
spake againe, and said, See, there come folke on fire. 53 But a certaine woman cast a piece of
downe by the middle of the land, and another a milstone vpon Abimelechs head, and brake his
bande commeth by the way of the plaine of braine pan. 54 Then Abimelech called hastily his
Meonenim. 38 Then sayd Zebul vnto him, Where page that bare his harneis, and sayde vnto him,
is now thy mouth, that said, Who is Abimelech, Drawe thy sworde and slay me, that men say not
that we should serue him? Is not this the people of me, A woman slewe him. And his page thrust
that thou hast despised? Go out now, I pray thee, him thorowe, and he dyed. 55 And when the
and fight with them. 39 And Gaal went out before men of Israel sawe that Abimelech was dead, they
the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech. departed euery man vnto his owne place. 56 Thus
40 But Abimelech pursued him, and he fledde God rendred the wickednes of Abimelech, which
before him, and many were ouerthrowen and he did vnto his father, in slaying his seuentie
wounded, euen vnto the entring of the gate. brethren. 57 Also all the wickednes of the men
41 And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul of Shechem did God bring vpon their heads. So
thrust out Gaal and his brethren that they should vpon them came the curse of Iotham the sonne
not dwell in Shechem. 42 And on the morowe, of Ierubbaal.
the people went out into the fielde: which was 10
tolde Abimelech. 43 And he tooke the people, 1 After Abimelech there arose to defend Israel,
and deuided them into three bandes, and layde Tola, the sonne of Puah, the sone of Dodo, a
wayte in the fieldes, and looked, and beholde, the man of Issachar, which dwelt in Shamir in mount
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people were come out of the citie, and he rose vp Ephraim. And he iudged Israel three and twen-
against them, and smote them. 44 And Abimelech, tie yeere and dyed, and was buried in Shamir.
and the bandes that were with him, russhed 3 And after him arose Iair a Gileadite, and iudged
forwarde, and stoode in the entring of the gate Israel two and twenty yeere. And he had thirtie
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of the citie: and the two other bandes ran vpon sonnes that rode on thirtie assecolts, and they
all the people that were in the fielde and slewe had thirtie cities, which are called Hauoth-Iair
them. 45 And when Abimelech had fought against vnto this day, and are in the land of Gilead. And
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the citie all that day, he tooke the citie, and slewe Iair dyed, and was buried in Kamon. 6 And the
the people that was therein, and destroyed the children of Israel wrought wickednesse againe
citie and sowed salt in it. 46 And when all the men in the sight of the Lord, and serued Baalim and
of the towre of Shechem heard it, they entred Ashtaroth, and the gods of Aram, and the gods
into an holde of the house of the god Berith. of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods
47 And it was tolde Abimelech, that all the men of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the
of the towre of Shechem were gathered together. Philistims, and forsooke the Lord and serued
48 And Abimelech gate him vp to mounte Zalmon, not him. 7 Therefore the wrath of the Lord
hee and all the people that were with him: and was kindled against Israel, and he solde them
Abimelech tooke axes with him, and cut downe into the hands of the Philistims, and into the
boughes of trees, and tooke them, and bare them handes of the children of Ammon: 8 Who from
on his shoulder, and sayde vnto the folke that that yere vexed and oppressed the children of
were with him, What ye haue seene me doe, make Israel eighteene yeres, euen all the children of
haste, and doe like me. 49 Then all the people also Israel that were beyond Iorden, in the land of
cut downe euery man his bough, and followed the Amorites, which is in Gilead. 9 Moreouer,
Abimelech, and put them to the holde, and set the children of Ammon went ouer Iorden to
the holde on fire with them: so all the men of the fight against Iudah, and against Beniamin, and
towre of Shechem dyed also, about a thousand against the house of Ephraim: so that Israel was
men and women. 50 Then went Abimelech to sore tormented. 10 Then the children of Israel
cryed vnto the Lord, saying, We haue sinned