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 \v 52 Abimelech and his men came to the tower and he came up to the door to light a fire to burn down the door.
-\v 53 But when Abimelech came near the doorway, a woman who was on the roof dropped a the upper half of a large grinding stone on his head, which cracked the bone of his skull.
+\v 53 But when Abimelech came near the doorway, a woman who was on the roof dropped the upper half of a large grinding stone on his head, which cracked the bone of his skull.
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 \v 54 Abimelech quickly called to the young man who carried Abimelech's weapons, and said, "Pull out your sword and kill me with it! I do not want people to say 'A woman killed Abimelech.'" So the young man thrust his sword into Abimelech, and Abimelech died.