Judges 9:50–57
Abimelech Killed by a Woman's Millstone
After Gideon's son Abimelech murders his 70 brothers on a single stone to seize power, his reign ends when he attacks the tower of Thebez. An unnamed woman drops an upper millstone from the wall, crushing his skull. Mortally wounded, he orders his armor-bearer to run him through with a sword — so no one could say a woman killed him.
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Abimelech Killed by a Woman's Millstone
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Judges 9:50–57
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Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother’s brothers, and spoke with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying,
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