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Judges 9:53

But a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.

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ASV

And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and brake his skull.

KJV

And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and all to brake his skull.

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11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַתַּשְׁלֵ֞ךְva.tash.Lekhand she threwH7993 →
אִשָּׁ֥ה'i.Shaha womanH802 →
אַחַ֛ת'a.ChatoneH259 →
פֶּ֥לַחPe.lacha mill-stone ofH6400 →
רֶ֖כֶבRe.khevan upper mill-stoneH7393 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
רֹ֣אשׁrosh[the] head ofH7218 →
אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ'a.vi.Me.lekhAbimelechH40 →
וַתָּ֖רִץva.Ta.ritzand it crushedH7533 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
גֻּלְגָּלְתּֽוֹ׃gul.gal.Toskull hisH1538 →

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2 Samuel 11:21Who was the one to strike Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth? Was it not a woman who dropped an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’ If so, then you are to say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.’”Job 31:3Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?Jeremiah 50:45Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Babylon and the strategies He has devised against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.Judges 9:20But if not, may fire come from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo, and may fire come from the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo and consume Abimelech.”Jeremiah 49:20Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Edom and the strategies He has devised against the people of Teman: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.2 Samuel 20:21That is not the case. But a man named Sheba son of Bichri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him alone, and I will depart from the city.” “Look,” the woman replied, “his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”Judges 9:15But the thornbush replied, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’

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The Death of Gideon's Sons — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Death of Gideon's Sons — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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