Judges 9:54-56
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
54 Then he called hastily to the young man his armor-bearer, and said to him, “Draw your sword and kill me, lest men say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’” And his young man thrust him through, and he died. 55 And when the men of Israel saw that Abim′elech was dead, they departed every man to his home. 56 Thus God requited the crime of Abim′elech, which he committed against his father in killing his seventy brothers;
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Judges 9:54-56
New International Version
54 Hurriedly he called to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and kill me,(A) 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.
56 Thus God repaid the wickedness that Abimelek had done to his father by murdering his seventy brothers.
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