“Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.”
Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died — Abimelech, mortally wounded, commands his armor-bearer to kill him. His concern is honor: 'a woman slew him' (אִשָּׁה הָרְגַתְנִי, ishah hargatni) is shameful. The armor-bearer complies (וַיִּדְקְרֵהוּ, vayidkerah, thrust him through). Yet the shame is indelible.
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