54. The soldier who carried his weapons was nearby, and Abimelech told him, “Take out your sword and kill me. I don't want people to say that I was killed by a woman!”So the soldier ran his sword through Abimelech.
55. And when the Israelite soldiers saw that their leader was dead, they went back home.
56. That's how God punished Abimelech for killing his brothers and bringing shame on his father's family.
57. God also punished the people of Shechem for helping Abimelech. Everything happened just as Jotham's curse said it would.