. The works of Josephus. e fir(t charge of the Souldiers qï Abimelech : in whichconflid, fome ofhis Followers were (lain, and he himfelffled intotheCity, giving ex-ample to the re(t to follow him. Hereupon Zebul laboured, that Gaal might be expelled v, ,9,40,4.,out of the City j accufing him of cowardife in his encounter with the Souldiers ofAbi- Gi-ii put to meleck. Now, when Abimelech had afterwards gotten certain intelligence, that the S^VSShechemites would go out again to gather their Vintage, he laid an ambulh near to the nifed ou: ofCity. And no fooner were they come forth , but a third
. The works of Josephus. e fir(t charge of the Souldiers qï Abimelech : in whichconflid, fome ofhis Followers were (lain, and he himfelffled intotheCity, giving ex-ample to the re(t to follow him. Hereupon Zebul laboured, that Gaal might be expelled v, ,9,40,4.,out of the City j accufing him of cowardife in his encounter with the Souldiers ofAbi- Gi-ii put to meleck. Now, when Abimelech had afterwards gotten certain intelligence, that the S^VSShechemites would go out again to gather their Vintage, he laid an ambulh near to the nifed ou: ofCity. And no fooner were they come forth , but a third part of the Troops furprized s^f^-the Gates, to cut ofFtheir return 5 the re(t ran after thofe that were fcattered here and G there : fo that there was a great flaughter on every fide 5 and the City was ruined tos«km«keathe very foundations, and they fowed Salt upon the ruines thereof But they that efca- andfackedandped thorow the Country, and had avoided the danger, aflembled to fortifie themfelves g^out^ ^ N 3 \jpon. 38 >k-9- JOSEPHUS, Of the Jntiquities Book V- upon a ftrong Rock, whereon they incatnped. But as foon as Abimekch had notice of Htheir intention, he hafted thither with his forces, and environed the place with faggots ofdry wood, (carrying them thither in his own perfon, and encouraging thereby thofe of his Army to do the Uke) fo that the Rock was incontinently compaffed with wood :whereunto he fet fire round about, and in an inftant it flamed, and burnt vehemently ;fo that none of them were faved, but all periftied, VTith their Wives and Children, tothe number of fifteen hundred men, befides many of the weaker fort. This calamityflSare hapned to xh&Shechemites^ were worthy of compaffion if they had not defervd thisburned upon a punifhment for their ingratitude towards fo upright a Judge, and fo gracious a Benefà-^^^ ftor. Abimekch coold the courage of the Ijraelites, by this treatment of the Shechemites, and gave fufficient teftimony that he afpired h
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