Holy Scripture

Judges 9:53

A church father on this verse
“The homicide Abimelech, bastard son of Gideon, killed the seventy legitimate sons, and, thinking he had hit upon a ruse for securing his grasp on the royal power, he destroyed his accomplices in the crime. He, however, was in turn destroyed by them and in the end was slain with a stone cast by a woman's hand.… In shor…”
Basil of Caesarea, 4th c. — ON HUMILITY

Source: Septuagint

Original

53And a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon the head of Abimelech, and broke his skull.

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In context

51And there was a strong tower in the midst of the city; and thither all the men and the women of the city fled, and shut the door without them, and went up on the roof of the tower.

52And Abimelech drew near to the tower, and they besieged it; and Abimelech drew near to the door of the tower to burn it with fire.

— Judges 9:53 —

54And he cried out quickly to the young man his armor bearer, and said to him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, lest at any time they should say, A woman slew him: and his young man thrust him through and he died.

55And the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead; and they went each to his place.

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