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.

55 And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his own place.

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Footnotes

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

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. 55 When the Israelites saw that Abimelek was dead, they went home.

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