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Judges 9:52-54 Common English Bible (CEB)

52. Abimelech came to the tower to storm it. But when he approached the tower’s entrance to set it on fire,

53. a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head and cracked his skull.

54. He quickly cried out to the servant who carried his armor, "Draw your sword and kill me. Don’t let it be said of me, ‘A woman killed him.’" So his servant stabbed him, and he died.

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