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Judges 9:51-53
New Catholic Bible
Judges 9:51-53
New Catholic Bible
51 There was a strong tower in the city, so all the men and women from the city fled there and shut themselves in, climbing up to the top of the tower. 52 So Abimelech came up to the tower and fought against it. He approached the door of the tower to set it on fire.
53 [a]A certain woman cast the upper part of a millstone down upon Abimelech’s head, and it cracked his skull.
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- Judges 9:53 The indignity of being struck by a woman and the weapon she used was God’s way of reducing Abimelech’s stature and punishing him for murdering his brothers to gain power.
