KJV King James Version
And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and all to brake his skull.
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Judges 9:53
And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and all to brake his skull.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.
WEB World English Bible
A certain woman cast an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, and broke his skull.
ASV American Standard Version
And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and brake his skull.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and a certain woman doth cast a piece of a rider on the head of Abimelech, and breaketh his skull,
Surrounding context — Judges 9
50 Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.
51 But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut [it] to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower.
52 And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
53 And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and all to brake his skull.
54 Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.
55 And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place.
56 Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַתַּשְׁלֵ֞ךְH7993 · sha.lakhto throwאִשָּׁ֥הH802 · ish.shahwomanאַחַ֛תH259 · e.chadoneפֶּ֥לַחH6400 · pe.lachmillstoneרֶ֖כֶבH7393 · re.khevchariotעַל־H5921 · aluponרֹ֣אשׁH7218 · roshheadאֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְH40 · a.vi.me.lekhAbimelechוַתָּ֖רִץH7533 · ra.tsatsto crushאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]גֻּלְגָּלְתּֽוֹ׃H1538 · gul.go.lethead
Cross-references
2 Samuel 11:21Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.Job 31:3[Is] not destruction to the wicked? and a strange [punishment] to the workers of iniquity?Judges 9:20But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.Jeremiah 49:20Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them.Jeremiah 50:45Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make [their] habitation desolate with them.2 Samuel 20:21The matter [is] not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, [even] against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.Judges 9:15And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, [then] come [and] put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
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