Judges 9:53

Judges 9:53 Meaning and Explanation

And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull.

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An unnamed woman drops a millstone on Abimelech's head and crushes his skull.

What Does Judges 9:53 Mean?

As Abimelech presses against the door, an unnamed woman on the roof drops the upper stone of a hand-mill onto his head, shattering his skull. In a single moment the mighty conqueror is brought down.

God's justice arrives through the most unlikely of hands -- not an army, but one woman with a household millstone. The man who slaughtered seventy brothers 'upon one stone' is himself struck down by a single stone. Scripture delights to show that the Lord can topple the proud by the humble and the weak. The fire Abimelech meant to set never falls; instead the prophesied recompense falls on him.

Judges 9:53 in the Original Language

millstone (פֶּלַח רֶכֶב) -- the upper stone of a hand-mill, a heavy household object turned into the instrument of God's justice.

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An unnamed woman drops a millstone on Abimelech's head and crushes his skull.

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