And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.
Entonces Abimelec subió al monte Salmón con toda su gente. Tomó un hacha y cortó una rama de árbol, se la puso al hombro, y les dijo a sus seguidores: 'Apúrense y hagan lo que me han visto hacer—corten ramas como yo lo hice.'
Abimelec dirigió a sus hombres con el ejemplo, mostrándoles cómo cortar ramas para su plan.
📚 Contexto Histórico
This occurs during Abimelech's violent campaign to maintain his illegitimate rule over Israel after he had murdered his seventy half-brothers. The people of Shechem had rebelled against him and taken refuge in a tower. Abimelech was gathering wood to burn down their stronghold, which would kill about a thousand people who had sought safety there.
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