THEBEZ thē’ bĭz (תֵּבֵ֑ץ). A fortified town in the territory of Manasseh, about ten m. NE of Nablus, on the main highway to Bethshan. The geographical location afforded military significance while the fertile valley provided commercial value. Abimelech, son of Gideon, met his death here when a woman fatally wounded him by throwing an upper millstone from a tower on the wall of the city (Judg 9:50). The attack upon Thebez is described in connection with the attack upon Shechem, suggesting that the revolt against Abimelech by the men of Shechem initiated the revolt by the men of Thebez. The ignominious death of Abimelech became proverbial in Israel. Joab referred to the incident in his report to David on the death of Uriah (2 Sam 11:21).