54 Then he called hastily unto the young man his armor-bearer, 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.
55 And when the men of Israel saw that Abim´elech was dead, they departed every man unto his place.
56 Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abim´elech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
57 and all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubba´al.