He also tore down the tower of Penuel and executed the city’s men.

Abimelech heard that all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem were in one place.

When all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem heard the news, they went to the stronghold of the temple of El-Berith.

So each of his men also cut off a branch and followed Abimelech. They put the branches against the stronghold and set fire to it. All the people of the Tower of Shechem died – about a thousand men and women.