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54 He quickly called out to the man carrying his armor. He said, “Pull out your sword and kill me. Then people can’t say, ‘A woman killed him.’ ” So his servant stuck his sword through him. And Abimelek died. 55 When the Israelites saw he was dead, they went home.

56 That’s how God punished Abimelek for the evil thing he had done to his father. He had murdered his 70 brothers.

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