Thematic Bible: Upon abimelech

When Abimelech attacked the tower he went to the door to set the tower on fire. A woman threw a millstone down on his head and fractured his skull. He quickly called the young man who was carrying his weapons and told him: Draw your sword and kill me. I do not want it said that a woman killed me. The young man ran him through with his sword and he died. read more.
The Israelites went home as soon as they saw that Abimelech was dead. Thus God paid Abimelech back for the crime that he committed against his father in killing his seventy brothers. God also made the men of Shechem suffer for their wickedness. Jotham, Gideon's son, said they would when he cursed them.