Judges 9:53

KJV1611 – Modern English

But a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech's head and crushed his skull.

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  • 2 Sam 11:21 : 21 Who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Was it not a woman who cast a piece of a millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you go near the wall? Then you shall say, Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
  • 2 Sam 20:21 : 21 The matter is not so; but a man from the hill country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has raised his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. The woman said to Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to you over the wall.
  • Job 31:3 : 3 Is not destruction for the wicked, and a strange punishment for the workers of iniquity?
  • Jer 49:20 : 20 Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he has taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he will make their habitation desolate with them.
  • Jer 50:45 : 45 Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he has taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall drag them out: surely he shall make their dwelling desolate with them.
  • Judg 9:15 : 15 And the bramble said to the trees, If you truly anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
  • Judg 9:20 : 20 But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech and devour the men of Shechem and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.

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  • Judg 9:54-57
    4 verses
    83%

    54 Then he called quickly to the young man, his armor-bearer, and said to him, Draw your sword and kill me, so that they may not say of me, A woman killed him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.

    55 And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they each went to his own place.

    56 Thus God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he had done to his father, in killing his seventy brothers.

    57 And all the evil of the men of Shechem God brought upon their heads, and the curse of Jotham, the son of Jerubbaal, came upon them.

  • 2 Sam 11:21
    80%

    21 Who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Was it not a woman who cast a piece of a millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you go near the wall? Then you shall say, Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

  • Judg 9:42-52
    11 verses
    78%

    42 And it happened the next day, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech.

    43 And he took the people, divided them into three companies, and lay in wait in the field, and looked, and behold, the people were coming out of the city; and he rose against them and struck them down.

    44 And Abimelech, and the company with him, rushed forward, and stood at the entrance of the gate of the city; and the two other companies ran upon all the people who were in the fields and struck them down.

    45 And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, killed the people who were in it, and tore down the city, and sowed it with salt.

    46 And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered the stronghold of the house of the god Berith.

    47 And it was told to Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.

    48 And Abimelech went up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, cut down a branch from the trees, and took it and laid it on his shoulder, and said to the people with him, What you have seen me do, hurry and do likewise.

    49 And everyone likewise cut down his own branch, followed Abimelech, put them against the stronghold, and set it on fire; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem also died, about a thousand men and women.

    50 Then Abimelech went to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez and took it.

    51 But within the city was a strong tower, and all the men and women, all the inhabitants of the city, fled there, shut themselves in, and went up to the top of the tower.

    52 And Abimelech came to the tower, fought against it, and came near to the door of the tower to burn it with fire.

  • Judg 9:18-20
    3 verses
    72%

    18 But you have risen up against my father's house today, and have killed his sons, seventy persons, on one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother)—

    19 If then you have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and his house today, then rejoice in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you.

    20 But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech and devour the men of Shechem and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.

  • Judg 9:39-40
    2 verses
    71%

    39 And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem and fought with Abimelech.

    40 And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown and wounded, even to the entrance of the gate.

  • Judg 9:22-25
    4 verses
    71%

    22 When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel,

    23 Then God sent a harmful spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem, and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech,

    24 So that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might be avenged, and their blood be upon Abimelech their brother who killed them, and upon the men of Shechem who aided him in the killing of his brothers.

    25 And the men of Shechem set ambushes against him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all who passed by them along that way; and it was told to Abimelech.

  • Judg 9:4-6
    3 verses
    70%

    4 And they gave him seventy pieces of silver from the house of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired worthless and reckless men, who followed him.

    5 And he went to his father's house at Ophrah, and killed his brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy persons, on one stone. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, was left, for he hid himself.

    6 And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.

  • Gen 26:10-11
    2 verses
    69%

    10 And Abimelech said, What is this you have done to us? one of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.

    11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He who touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

  • Judg 5:26
    69%

    26 She put her hand to the tent peg, and her right hand to the workman's hammer; and with the hammer she struck Sisera, she struck off his head, when she had pierced and struck through his temples.

  • Judg 9:27
    68%

    27 And they went out into the fields, gathered their vineyards, trampled the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech.

  • Judg 8:31
    67%

    31 And his concubine who was in Shechem, also bore him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.

  • Judg 9:1
    67%

    1 And Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, went to Shechem, to his mother's relatives, and spoke with them and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,

  • Gen 20:3-4
    2 verses
    67%

    3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, you are a dead man, because of the woman whom you have taken; for she is a man's wife.

    4 But Abimelech had not come near her, and he said, Lord, will you slay also a righteous nation?

  • Judg 9:33
    67%

    33 And it shall be that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, you shall rise early and set upon the city; and behold, when he and the people that are with him come out against you, you may do to them as you find opportunity.

  • Gen 20:9
    66%

    9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, What have you done to us? and what wrong have I done to you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me that should not be done.

  • Gen 20:18
    66%

    18 For the LORD had closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.

  • Judg 9:29
    66%

    29 If only this people were under my command! Then I would remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase your army and come out!

  • 2 Kgs 9:33
    65%

    33 And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trampled her underfoot.

  • 2 Sam 14:6-7
    2 verses
    65%

    6 And your maidservant had two sons, and the two fought together in the field, and there was none to separate them, but one struck the other, and killed him.

    7 And, behold, the whole family has risen against your maidservant, and they said, Deliver him who struck his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall extinguish my last remaining ember, and shall not leave to my husband either name or remnant on the earth.

  • Judg 4:21
    65%

    21 Then Jael, Heber's wife, took a tent peg and a hammer in her hand, went softly to him, and drove the peg into his temples, and it went down into the ground, for he was fast asleep and exhausted. So he died.

  • Num 35:23
    65%

    23 Or with any stone, by which a man may die, seeing him not, and throw it upon him, so that he dies, and was not his enemy, nor sought his harm:

  • Ezek 23:10
    65%

    10 They uncovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and killed her with the sword: and she became notorious among women; for they had executed judgment upon her.

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