ax As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the {ax} to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one o f those cities, and live: ax When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an {ax} against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the fi eld [is] man's [life]) to employ [them] in the siege: ax And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that [were] with him; and Abimelech took an {ax} 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 [wer e] with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, [and] do as I [have done]. ax <1SA13 -20> But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his {ax}, and his mattock. ax <1KI6 -7> And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor {ax} [nor] any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building. ax <2KI6 -5> But as one was felling a beam, the {ax} head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed. ax Shall the {ax} boast itself against him that heweth therewith? [or] shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake [itself] against them that lift it up, [or] as if the staff should lift up [itself, as if it were] no wood. ax For the customs of the people [are] vain: for [one] cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the {ax}. ax Thou [art] my battle {ax} [and] weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; ax And now also the {ax} is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. ax And now also the {ax} is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. ~~~~~~