Judges 9:53

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

when a woman on the roof dropped a large rock on his head and cracked his skull.

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:21

Don't you know how Abimelech the son of Gideon was killed at Thebez? Didn't a woman kill him by dropping a large rock from the top of the city wall? Why did you go so close to the city walls?” Then you tell him, “One of your soldiers who was killed was Uriah the Hittite.”

2 Samuel 20:21

That's not it at all. There's a man in your town from the hill country of Ephraim. His name is Sheba, and he is the leader of a rebellion against King David. Turn him over to me, and we will leave your town alone.” The woman told Joab, “We will throw his head over the wall.”

Job 31:3

In fact, God sends disaster on all who sin,

Jeremiah 49:20

Listen to my plans for you, people of Edom. Your children will be dragged off and your country destroyed.

Jeremiah 50:45

Listen to my plans for you, people of Babylonia. Your children will be dragged off, and your country destroyed.

Judges 4:9

“All right, I'll go!” she replied. “But I'm warning you that the LORD is going to let a woman defeat Sisera, and no one will honour you for winning the battle.” Deborah and Barak left for Kedesh,

Judges 9:15

The thorn bush replied, “If you really want me to be your king, then come into my shade and I will protect you. But if you're deceiving me, I'll start a fire that will spread out and destroy the cedars of Lebanon.” After Jotham had finished telling this story, he said:

Judges 9:20

But if it was wrong to treat Gideon and his family the way you did, then I pray that Abimelech will destroy you with fire, and I pray that you will do the same to him.

Judges 9:52

Abimelech and his army rushed to the fortress and tried to force their way inside. Abimelech himself was about to set the heavy wooden doors on fire,