52 And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to set it on fire.

53 But a certain woman (A)cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and brake his brainpan.

54 Then Abimelech called hastily his page that bore his harness, and said unto him, Draw thy sword and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his page [a]thrust him through, and he died.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 9:54 Thus God by such miserable death taketh vengeance on tyrants even in this life.

52 Abimelek went to the tower and attacked it. But as he approached the entrance to the tower to set it on fire, 53 a woman dropped an upper millstone on his head and cracked his skull.(A)

54 Hurriedly he called to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and kill me,(B) so that they can’t say, ‘A woman killed him.’” So his servant ran him through, and he died.

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