Judges 9:46-49

46When all the citizens of the Tower of Shechem heard, they entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith.

47Then it was reported to Abimelech that all the citizens of the Tower of Shechem had gathered.

48So Abimelech and all the troops who were with him went up to Mount Zalmon. Abimelech took his ax in his hand and cut a branch from the trees. He picked up the branch, put it on his shoulder, and said to the troops who were with him, “Hurry and do what you have seen me do.”

49Each of the troops also cut his own branch and followed Abimelech. They put the branches against the inner chamber and set it on fire; about a thousand men and women died, including all the men of the Tower of Shechem.