1. Judges 9:53 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What does the striking of Abimelech’s head with a skull recall?

Judges 9:53 (ESV)

53 And a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head and crushed his skull.

Like Sisera in Judges 4, Abimelech meets his end at the hand of a woman. Her weapon, like Jael’s tent peg, is unconventional.

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