48 So Abimelech went up to Mount (A)Zalmon, he and all the people who were with him; and Abimelech took [a]an 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 [b]likewise.”

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 9:48 Lit the axes
  2. Judges 9:48 Lit like me

48 he and all his men went up Mount Zalmon.(A) He took an ax and cut off some branches, which he lifted to his shoulders. He ordered the men with him, “Quick! Do what you have seen me do!”

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