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52 So Abimelech approached the tower, attacked it, and approached the tower’s gate, intending[a] to burn it down. 53 But a certain woman threw an upper millstone down on Abimelech’s head, fracturing his skull.

54 So he cried out to his young armor bearer and ordered him, “Draw your sword and kill me, so no one will say about me that ‘A woman killed him.’” So the young man pierced him through, and he died.

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  1. Judges 9:52 The Heb. lacks intending