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].
Ver. 48. To mount Zalmon.] Which had its name from the shadiness, by reason of the many trees there growing.
What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do.] Princeps imperio maximus, exemplo maior, as Paterculus a saith of Tiberius; Princes are easily imitated. Vespasian undertaking to repair the decayed capitol, first with his own hands shovelled up the rubbish, and carried it forth on his shoulders. b
a Paterc., lib. ii.
b Sueton., in Vesp., cap. 8.