53. And behold, one woman, throwing a fragment of a millstone from above, struck the head of Abimelech, and broke his skull.
54. And he quickly called to his armor bearer, and said to him, "Draw your sword and strike me, otherwise it may be said that I was slain by a woman." And, doing as he was ordered, he killed him.
55. And when he was dead, all those of Israel who were with him returned to their homes.
56. And so did God repay the evil that Abimelech had done against his father by killing his seventy brothers.
57. The Shechemites also were given retribution for what they had done, and the curse of Jotham, the son of Jerubbaal, fell upon them.