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then, when tomorrow’s sun rises, fall upon the city, and when he and his men come out to meet thee, engage them as best thou canst. (Judges 9, 33)
Gaal, son of Obed, had gone out to take up his stand before the entrance of the city, when suddenly Abimelech and his men rose from their ambush. (Judges 9, 35)
whereupon Abimelech routed him, and drove him back into the city, and not a few of his clansmen fell before they could reach the city gate. (Judges 9, 40)
So Abimelech encamped at Ruma, while Zebul drove Gaal and his clan out of the city, saying he would harbour them no more. (Judges 9, 41)
he led his men to the attack. He had divided them into three companies, hiding them in ambush in the country round about; and finding that the men of Sichem were at a distance from the city, he moved swiftly against them. (Judges 9, 43)
He, with his own company, surrounded and attacked the city, while the other two companies fell on the enemy as they straggled across the plain. (Judges 9, 44)
All that day Abimelech assaulted the city; and when he took it he slaughtered the inhabitants and destroyed it utterly, and strewed salt over the ground to put a ban on it. (Judges 9, 45)
When this news reached the men who dwelt in Sichem Watch-tower, they took refuge in the temple of their god, whom they called Berith because they had made a covenant with him there. It gave its name to the ground on which it stood, which was strongly fortified. (Judges 9, 46)
There was a high tower in the middle of the city, in which men and women alike had taken refuge, all the chief magistrates of the city among them. Its doors were stoutly barred, and there were battlements on its roof behind which the defenders stood. (Judges 9, 51)
Jephte died when he had ruled Israel six years, and was buried in his own Galaadite city. (Judges 12, 7)
The news came to the ears of the Philistines that Samson was in the town, and they cut him off from escape by posting guards at the city gate; no need to do anything while night lasted, they could kill him next morning on his way out. (Judges 16, 2)
So these men went on their way, and when they reached Lais, they found a city where men dwelt free from all alarms. This was the way of the Sidonian folk, to live tranquilly and at ease; no civil power restrained them, and they had great wealth. Lais, too, was at a distance from Sidon, and remote from all the world. (Judges 18, 7)
