52. Abimelech came to the tower. He began to fight against it and went near the entrance of the tower to burn it down.
53. Then a woman threw a small millstone that hit Abimelech on the head and cracked his skull.
54. He quickly called his armorbearer. He told him, “Take your sword and kill me! I don’t want anyone to say, ‘A woman killed Abimelech.’” His armorbearer did as he said, so Abimelech died.
55. When the people of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they all went home.
56. So God paid back Abimelech for the evil he had done to his father when he killed his 70 brothers.
57. God also paid back the men of Shechem for all their evil. So the curse of Jotham, son of Jerubbaal, came true.