Judges 9:54 meaning and explanation
He quickly called his armor-bearer, saying, “Draw your sword and kill me, lest they say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’” So Abimelech’s armor-bearer ran his sword through him, and he died.
Judges 9:54, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
Abimelech, the self-made king of Judges 9, has just been struck by a millstone dropped by a woman from the tower of Thebez. Wounded and dying, he calls his armor-bearer to run him through, not to end pain but to avoid the shame of being remembered as killed by a woman.
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