⁵⁰ And Abimelech goeth unto Thebez, and encampeth against Thebez, and captureth it,

⁵¹ and a strong tower hath been in the midst of the city, and thither flee do all the men and the women, and all the masters of the city, and they shut `it' behind them, and go up on the roof of the tower.

^{52 Ref} And Abimelech cometh unto the tower, and fighteth against it, and draweth nigh unto the opening of the tower to burn it with fire,

^{53 Ref} and a certain woman doth cast a piece of a rider on the head of Abimelech, and breaketh his skull,

^{54 Ref} and he calleth hastily unto the young man bearing his weapons, and saith to him, `Draw thy sword, and thou hast put me to death, lest they say of me -- A woman slew him;' and his young man pierced him through, and he dieth.