Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jdg 9:53 — And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull.
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woman   Jdg 9:15,20; 2Sa 11:21; 2Sa 20:21; Job 31:3; Jer 49:20; Jer 50:45
and all to   "An antiquated expression, meaning ""full intention"" to complete an object. ""All to,"" observes Dr. Johnson, ""is a particle of mere enforcement."" The original is wattaritz eth gulgalto, which is simply as the LXX. render [kai eklase to kranion autou] ""and she brake his skull."" Plutarch relates, that Pyrrhus was killed at the siege of Thebes, by a piece of a tile, which a woman threw upon his head."
Correlating Passages
woman
Jdg 9:15 And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, [then] come [and] put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
Jdg 9:20 But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.
2Sa 11:21 Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
2Sa 20:21 The matter [is] not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, [even] against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.
Job 31:3 [Is] not destruction to the wicked? and a strange [punishment] to the workers of iniquity?
Jer 49:20 Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them.
Jer 50:45 Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make [their] habitation desolate with them.

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Scott, Thomas. "Judges 9:53," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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