World English Bible
Judges 9:53
“A certain woman cast an upper millstone on Abimelech's head, and broke his skull.”
Verse in context — Judges 9
But there was a strong tower within the city, and there fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut themselves in, and went up to the roof of the tower.
Abimelech came to the tower, and fought against it, and drew near to the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
A certain woman cast an upper millstone on Abimelech's head, and broke his skull.
Then he called hastily to the young man his armor bearer, and said to him, "Draw your sword, and kill me, that men not say of me, 'A woman killed him.' His young man thrust him through, and he died.
When the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man to his place.
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