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Text -- Judges 9:51-57 (NET)
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9:51 There was a fortified tower in the center of the city , so all the men and women , as well as the city’s leaders , ran into it and locked the entrance. Then they went up to the roof of the tower .
9:52 Abimelech came and attacked the tower . When he approached the entrance of the tower to set it on fire ,
9:53 a woman threw an upper millstone down on his head and shattered his skull .
9:54 He quickly called to the young man who carried his weapons , “Draw your sword and kill me, so they will not say , ‘A woman killed him.’” So the young man stabbed him and he died .
9:55 When the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead , they went home .
9:56 God repaid Abimelech for the evil he did to his father by murdering his seventy half-brothers .
9:57 God also repaid the men of Shechem for their evil deeds . The curse spoken by Jotham son of Jerub-Baal fell on them.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Abimelech |
Thebez |
Shechem |
Israel |
Judgments |
CITY |
Judge |
Jotham |
Armor-bearer |
MILL |
SIEGE |
God |
Homicide |
Millstone |
Women |
MILL; MILLSTONE |
FORTIFICATION; FORT; FORTIFIED CITIES; FORTRESS |
ALL |
Armour-bearer |
HARD; HARDINESS; HARDDINESS; HARDLY |
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NET Notes: Jdg 9:51 Or “fortress.” The same Hebrew term occurs once more in this verse and twice in v. 52.
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NET Notes: Jdg 9:53 Heb “Abimelech’s.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun “his” in the translation in keeping with conventions...
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NET Notes: Jdg 9:54 The Hebrew text adds, “concerning me.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.
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