H0040H–אֲבִימֶ֫לֶךְ–a.vi.me.lekh

And Abimelech with his band made a rush, and took up their position at the doorway into the town; and the other two bands made a rush on all those who were in the fields, and overcame them.

וַאֲבִימֶ֗לֶךְ (אֲבִימֶ֗לֶךְ) 'a.vi.Me.lekh “Abimelech”

And all that day Abimelech was fighting against the town; and he took it, and put to death the people who were in it, and had the town pulled down and covered with salt.

וַאֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ (אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ) 'a.vi.Me.lekh “Abimelech”

And word was given to Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem were there together.

לַאֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ (אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ) 'a.vi.Me.lekh “Abimelech”

Then Abimelech went up to Mount Zalmon, with all his people; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand and, cutting down branches of trees, took them and put them on his back. And he said to the people who were with him, Be quick and do as you have seen me d

אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ 'a.vi.Me.lekh “Abimelech”אֲבִימֶ֨לֶךְ 'a.vi.Me.lekh “Abimelech”

So all the people got branches, every man cutting down a branch, and they went with Abimelech at their head and, massing the branches against the inner room, put fire to the room over them; so all those who were in the tower of Shechem, about a thousand

אֲבִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙ 'a.vi.Me.lekh “Abimelech”

Then Abimelech went to Thebez, and put his army in position against Thebez and took it.

אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ 'a.vi.Me.lekh “Abimelech”

And Abimelech came to the tower and made an attack on it, and got near to the door of the tower for the purpose of firing it.

אֲבִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙ 'a.vi.Me.lekh “Abimelech”

But a certain woman sent a great stone, such as is used for crushing grain, on to the head of Abimelech, cracking the bone.

אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ 'a.vi.Me.lekh “Abimelech”

And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they went away, every man to his place.

אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ 'a.vi.Me.lekh “Abimelech”

In this way Abimelech was rewarded by God for the evil he had done to his father in putting his seventy brothers to death;

אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ 'a.vi.Me.lekh “Abimelech”

Now after Abimelech, Tola, the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, became the saviour of Israel; he was living in Shamir in the hill-country of Ephraim.

אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ 'a.vi.Me.lekh “Abimelech”

Who put Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, to death? did not a woman send a great stone down on him from the wall, putting him to death at Thebez? why did you go so near the wall? Then say to him, Your servant Uriah the Hittite is among the dead.

אֲבִימֶ֣לֶךְ 'a.vi.Me.lekh “Abimelech”