07:009:038 Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, wherewith
           thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is
           not this the people that thou hast despised? go out, I pray
           now, and fight with them.

07:009:039 And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with
           Abimelech.

07:009:040 And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many
           were overthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the
           gate.

07:009:041 And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah:  and Zebul thrust out Gaal and
           his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem.

07:009:042 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out
           into the field; and they told Abimelech.

07:009:043 And he took the people, and divided them into three companies,
           and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the
           people were come forth out of the city; and he rose up against
           them, and smote them.

07:009:044 And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed
           forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: 
           and the two other companies ran upon all the people that were
           in the fields, and slew them.

07:009:045 And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he
           took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat
           down the city, and sowed it with salt.

07:009:046 And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they
           entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.

07:009:047 And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of
           Shechem were gathered together.

07:009:048 And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the
           people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his
           hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and
           laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were
           with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I
           have done.

07:009:049 And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and
           followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold
           on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem
           died also, about a thousand men and women.

07:009:050 Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez,
           and took it.

07:009:051 But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled
           all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it
           to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower.

07:009:052 And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and
           went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.