Story · 23 · The Hero
A woman with a millstone stopped a tyrant
As the would-be king Abimelek prepared to burn a tower full of refugees, an unnamed woman dropped a millstone on his head. Dying, he begged his attendant to finish him so no one could say a woman killed him.
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The tool women used to grind grain became the weapon that ended state terror. Abimelek is remembered not for his achievements but for how he died, at the hands of 'one woman.'
Bible reference: Judges 9:50–54
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 366–367
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