Judges 9
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Judges 9:50-56

50Then wentH3212 AbimelechH40 to ThebezH8405, and encampedH2583 against ThebezH8405, and tookH3920 it. 51But there was a strongH5797 towerH4026 withinH8432 the cityH5892, and to there fledH5127 all the menH582 and womenH802, and all theyH1167 of the cityH5892, and shutH5462 it after them, and went upH5927 to the topH1406 of the towerH4026. 52And AbimelechH40 cameH935 to the towerH4026, and foughtH3898 against it, and came nearH5066 to the doorH6607 of the towerH4026 to burnH8313 it with fireH784. 53And a certainH259 womanH802 castH7993 a pieceH6400 of a millstoneH7393 upon Abimelech’sH40 headH7218, and brokeH7533 his skullH1538. 54Then he calledH7121 hastilyH4120 to the young manH5288 his armourbearerH5375H3627, and saidH559 to him, DrawH8025 thy swordH2719, and slayH4191 me, that men sayH559 not of me, A womanH802 slewH2026 him. And his young manH5288 thrust him throughH1856, and he diedH4191. 55And when the menH376 of IsraelH3478 sawH7200 that AbimelechH40 was deadH4191, they departedH3212 every manH376 to his placeH4725. 56Thus GodH430 renderedH7725 the wickednessH7451 of AbimelechH40, which he didH6213 to his fatherH1, in slayingH2026 his seventyH7657 brethrenH251:

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