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b'Judges 9:54
After having his skull crushed under a millstone that was dropped by a woman from the Tower of Shechem, Abimelech called for his armor bearer to kill him with a sword. He did not want it said that a woman had killed him.
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According to the Bible, he was an unprincipled, ambitious ruler, often engaged in war with his own subjects. When engaged in reducing the town of Thebez, which had revolted, he was struck on the head by a mill-stone, thrown by the hand of a woman from the wall above. Realizing that the wound was mortal, he ordered his armor-bearer to thrust him through with his sword, so that it might not be said he had perished by the hand of a woman (Judges 9:50-57).
According to the first five verses of chapter nine in the Book of Judges, Abimelech went to Shechem to meet with his mother\'s brethren and his mother\'s father, and claimed that he should be the only ruler over his mother\'s brethren and the men of Shechem and not his brothers. He questioned them if they\'d rather be ruled by seventy rulers or just one, and he claimed them equal brothers. Because Abimelech claimed them his brothers, the men inclined to follow him, and gave him seventy shekels of silver out of the house of Baal-berith. He and the men went to the house of Gideon which is in Ophrah to kill the seventy sons of Gideon, Abimelech\'s brothers. They were killed on the same stone, but only one had escaped, Jotham.
Since Abimelech was merely a son of Gideon\'s concubine, he made good of his claim to rule over Manasseh by killing his half-brothers. Jotham was the youngest brother, and he was the only one to escape from Abimelech\'s wrath. Abimelech was later declared "king" by the men of Shechem and the house of Millo by a pillar within Shechem. When Jotham was told of this news, he went on top of Mount Gerizim and cursed the men of Shechem and the house of Millo for their declaration then fled to Beer to hide in fear because of Abimelech. Abimelech reigned over Israel for three years before his death. God fulfills Jotham\'s curse by sending an evil spirit to divide the unity between Shechem and the king. (Judges 9:23 - 25/9:56 - 57)
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