This phrase (Jg 9:53) means altogether broke. The 'all' is used for altogether, as in 1Ki 14:10 'till it be all gone'; and the 'to' is not the sign of the infin., but an adverb like Germ. zer, meaning thoroughly. Thus, 'His brest to-broken with his sadil bowe'
But a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech's head, crushing his skull.
therefore behold, I am bringing calamity on the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam every male person, both bond and free in Israel, and I will make a clean sweep of the house of Jeroboam, as one sweeps away dung until it is all gone.
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