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Judges 9:53

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A certain woman cast an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, and broke his skull.

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Judges 9:53 in other translations

And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and brake his skull.

Judges 9:53 · American Standard Version

Judges 9:53 in context

  1. 51But there was a strong tower within the city, and all the men and women of the city fled there, and shut themselves in, and went up to the roof of the tower.
  2. 52Abimelech came to the tower and fought against it, and came near to the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
  3. 53A certain woman cast an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, and broke his skull.
  4. 54Then he called hastily to the young man, his armor bearer, and said to him, “Draw your sword and kill me, that men not say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’ His young man thrust him through, and he died.”
  5. 55When the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they each departed to his place.