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Judges 9:52

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And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.

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  1. Judges 9:50

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

  2. Judges 9:51

    But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower.

  3. Judges 9:53

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

  4. Judges 9:54

    Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.

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