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Judges 9:53

Abimelech

51 But there was a strong tower inside the city, and all the men, women, and leaders of the city fled there. They locked themselves in and went up to the roof of the tower.

52 When Abimelech came to attack the tower, he approached its entrance to set it on fire.

But a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.

54 He quickly called his armor-bearer, saying, “Draw your sword and kill me, lest they say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’” So Abimelech’s armor-bearer ran his sword through him, and he died.

55 And when the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they all went home.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
But a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.
KJV
And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and all to brake his skull.
WEB
A certain woman cast an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, and broke his skull.
ASV
And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon Abimelech`s head, and brake his skull.
DARBY
and a woman cast the upper stone of a handmill on Abimelech's head, and crushed his skull.
BLB
And one woman dropped an upper millstone on the head of Abimelech, and it crushed his skull.
ÅB
Da var det en kvinne som kastet en kvernsten ned på hans hode og knuste hans hjerneskall.
OTB
Men en kvinne slapp en øvre kvernstein på Abimeleks hode og knuste skallen hans.
B1930
Da var det en kvinne som kastet en kvernsten ned på hans hode og knuste hans hjerneskall.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 2 Samuel 11:21

    Who was the one to strike Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth ? Was it not a woman who dropped an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’ If so, then you are to say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.’”

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  • Job 31:3

    Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?

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  • Jeremiah 49:20

    Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Edom and the strategies He has devised against the people of Teman: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.

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  • Jeremiah 50:45

    Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Babylon and the strategies He has devised against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.

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  • Judges 9:20

    But if not, may fire come from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo, and may fire come from the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo and consume Abimelech.”

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  • Judges 9:15

    But the thornbush replied, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’

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  • 2 Samuel 20:21

    That is not the case. But a man named Sheba son of Bichri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him alone, and I will depart from the city.” “Look,” the woman replied, “his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”

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