“And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.”
And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt — Abimelech commits total war. The slaughter is comprehensive (וַיַּהַרְגּוּ אֶת־כָּל־הָעָם, vayahargs et-kol ha-am, killed all the people). Sowing salt (וַיִּזְרְעֶהָ מֶלַח, vayizr'eha melach) is a curse, rendering the land infertile. Jotham's curse is fulfilled.
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