And when the men of Israel saw that Abim´elech was dead, they departed every man unto his place.
And Jo´ab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Jo´ab held back the people.
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
Then he called hastily unto the young man his armor-bearer, 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.
Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abim´elech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren: