Judges 9:46-49

46When all the 1leaders of the tower of Shechem heard about it, they entered the inner chamber of the 2temple of 3El-berith. 47And it was reported to Abimelech that all the 4leaders of the tower of Shechem were gathered together. 48So Abimelech went up to Mount 5Zalmon, he and all the people who were with him; and Abimelech took 6an axe in his hand and cut down a branch from the trees, and lifted it and put it on his shoulder. Then he said to the people who were with him, “What you saw me do, hurry and do 7likewise.” 49So all the people also cut down, each one, his branch and followed Abimelech, and put them on top of the inner chamber and set the inner chamber on fire over those inside, so that all the people of the tower of Shechem also died, about a thousand men and women.