Thematic Bible: Stones used in
Thematic Bible
Mills » Stones used in » Often thrown down on enemies during sieges
Who put Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, to death? did not a woman send a great stone down on him from the wall, putting him to death at Thebez? why did you go so near the wall? Then say to him, Your servant Uriah the Hittite is among the dead.
But a certain woman sent a great stone, such as is used for crushing grain, on to the head of Abimelech, cracking the bone.
Mills » Stones used in » Not to be taken in pledge
No one is to take, on account of a debt, the stones with which grain is crushed: for in doing so he takes a man's living.
Mills » Stones used in » Large
And a strong angel took up a stone like the great stone with which grain is crushed, and sent it into the sea, saying, So, with a great fall, will Babylon, the great town, come to destruction, and will not be seen any more at all.
Mills » Stones used in » Heavy
But whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him to have a great stone fixed to his neck, and to come to his end in the deep sea.