Abimelech came and attacked the tower. When he approached the entrance of the tower to set it on fire,

But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower that the people had started building.

He also threatened the men of Penuel, warning, “When I return victoriously, I will tear down this tower.”

After them the men of Tekoa worked on another section, from opposite the great protruding tower to the wall of Ophel.

There was a fortified tower in the center of the city, so all the men and women, as well as the city’s leaders, ran into it and locked the entrance. Then they went up to the roof of the tower.

Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel and saw Jehu’s troops approaching. He said, “I see troops!” Jehoram ordered, “Send a rider out to meet them and have him ask, ‘Is everything all right?’”