Abimelek, the man.
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 12:22 am
Judges 9:52-55 New International Version (NIV)
52 Abimelek went to the tower and attacked it. But as he approached the entrance to the tower to set it on fire, 53 a woman dropped an upper millstone on his head and cracked his skull.
54 Hurriedly he called to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and kill me, so that they can’t say, ‘A woman killed him.’” So his servant ran him through, and he died. 55 When the Israelites saw that Abimelek was dead, they went home.
So, Abimelek would rather be run through with a sword than have his legacy be that of man who was killed by an obviously strong woman?
52 Abimelek went to the tower and attacked it. But as he approached the entrance to the tower to set it on fire, 53 a woman dropped an upper millstone on his head and cracked his skull.
54 Hurriedly he called to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and kill me, so that they can’t say, ‘A woman killed him.’” So his servant ran him through, and he died. 55 When the Israelites saw that Abimelek was dead, they went home.
So, Abimelek would rather be run through with a sword than have his legacy be that of man who was killed by an obviously strong woman?