. The Bible panorama, or The Holy Scriptures in picture and story. the city, one of the companies made haste tothe gate and stood before it, so that the men of Shechem could not flee backinto the city. And the two other companies ran upon them, out in the field,and slew them. Then Abimelech and his men went into the city, and foughtagainst it all that day; and he slew the people, and broke down the houses anddestroyed the city. Abimelech went to another city named Thebez, and fought against it and took it. After it was taken, the men and women of the city fled into a strong ?tower, and shut to
. The Bible panorama, or The Holy Scriptures in picture and story. the city, one of the companies made haste tothe gate and stood before it, so that the men of Shechem could not flee backinto the city. And the two other companies ran upon them, out in the field,and slew them. Then Abimelech and his men went into the city, and foughtagainst it all that day; and he slew the people, and broke down the houses anddestroyed the city. Abimelech went to another city named Thebez, and fought against it and took it. After it was taken, the men and women of the city fled into a strong ?tower, and shut to the door, and went up to the top of the tower. Then Abimelech came near the door to burn the tower. But a woman who was on the top of the tower, threw down a piece of a mill-stone upon his head and broke his skull. When he saw that he must die, he called his armor-bearer and said to him, Draw thy sword and slay me, that the people may not say I was slain by a woman. Then the armor-bearer drew his sword, and thrust it through Abimelechs body and killed him. 94. ABIMELECH IS THRUST THROUGH BY THE SWORD OF HIS ARMOR-BEARER. ()y .It DOBB IX 64. Jephthah is Made Captaik 7TFTEK Abimelech was dead Tola was judge over the children of Israel for_J^\ twenty-three years. Then Jair was judge for twenty-two years. And the children of Israel did evil again, for they turned away fromserving the Lord to serve Baal and Ashtaroth, the idols their fathers had wor-shipped. Then the Philistines and the Ammonites made war against them, and theLord did not help the children of Israel. Therefore their enemies got themastery over them, and made them their servants for eighteen years. Now there was a man of the children of Israel named Jephthah. He was agreat and brave soldier, yet the men of Israel had been nnkind to him, so thathe fled from the land of Gilead, where his home was, and went to live in theland of Tob. But when the people wanted a man to lead them out to Avaragainst their enemies, they r
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