Abimelech to Abimelek

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 \v 1 Abraham journeyed from there toward the land of the Negev, and lived between Kadesh and Shur. He was a foreigner living in Gerar.
-\v 2 Abraham said concerning Sarah his wife, "She is my sister." So Abimelech king of Gerar sent for Sarah and took her.
-\v 3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream in the night, and said to him, "Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is a man's wife."
+\v 2 Abraham said concerning Sarah his wife, "She is my sister." So Abimelek king of Gerar sent for Sarah and took her.
+\v 3 But God came to Abimelek in a dream in the night, and said to him, "Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is a man's wife."
 
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-\v 4 Now Abimelech had not come near her and he said, "Lord, would you kill even a righteous nation?
+\v 4 Now Abimelek had not come near her and he said, "Lord, would you kill even a righteous nation?
 \v 5 Did he not himself say to me, 'She is my sister?' Even she herself said, 'He is my brother.' I have done this in the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands."
 
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-\v 8 Abimelech rose early in the morning and called all of his servants to himself. He told all these things to them, and the men were very afraid.
-\v 9 Then Abimelech called for Abraham and said to him, "What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done to me that which ought not to be done."
+\v 8 Abimelek rose early in the morning and called all of his servants to himself. He told all these things to them, and the men were very afraid.
+\v 9 Then Abimelek called for Abraham and said to him, "What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done to me that which ought not to be done."
 
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-\v 10 Abimelech said to Abraham, "What prompted you to do this thing?"
+\v 10 Abimelek said to Abraham, "What prompted you to do this thing?"
 \v 11 Abraham said, "Because I thought, 'Surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.'
 \v 12 Besides, she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
 
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 \v 13 When God caused me to leave my father's house and travel from place to place, I said to her, 'You must show me this faithfulness as my wife: At every place where we go, say about me, "He is my brother."'"
-\v 14 Then Abimelech took sheep and cattle, and male and female slaves, and gave them to Abraham. Then he returned Sarah, Abraham's wife, to him.
+\v 14 Then Abimelek took sheep and cattle, and male and female slaves, and gave them to Abraham. Then he returned Sarah, Abraham's wife, to him.
 
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-\v 15 Abimelech said, "Look, my land is before you. Settle wherever it pleases you."
+\v 15 Abimelek said, "Look, my land is before you. Settle wherever it pleases you."
 \v 16 To Sarah he said, "Look, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver. It is to cover any offense against you in the eyes of all who are with you, and before everyone, you are completely made right."
 
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-\v 17 Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female slaves so that they were able to have children.
-\v 18 For Yahweh had caused all the women of the household of Abimelech to be completely infertile, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
+\v 17 Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelek, his wife, and his female slaves so that they were able to have children.
+\v 18 For Yahweh had caused all the women of the household of Abimelek to be completely infertile, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
 
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-\v 22 It came about at that time that Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his army spoke to Abraham, saying, "God is with you in all that you do.
+\v 22 It came about at that time that Abimelek and Phicol the captain of his army spoke to Abraham, saying, "God is with you in all that you do.
 \v 23 Now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my offspring, nor with my descendants. Show to me and to the land in which you have been staying the same covenant faithfulness that I have shown to you."
 \v 24 Abraham said, "I swear."
 
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-\v 25 Abraham also complained to Abimelech concerning a well of water that Abimelech's servants had seized from him.
-\v 26 Abimelech said, "I do not know who has done this thing. You did not tell me before now; I have not heard of it until today."
-\v 27 So Abraham took sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.
+\v 25 Abraham also complained to Abimelek concerning a well of water that Abimelek's servants had seized from him.
+\v 26 Abimelek said, "I do not know who has done this thing. You did not tell me before now; I have not heard of it until today."
+\v 27 So Abraham took sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelek, and the two men made a covenant.
 
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 \v 28 Then Abraham set seven female lambs of the flock by themselves.
-\v 29 Abimelech said to Abraham, "What is the meaning of these seven female lambs that you have set by themselves?"
+\v 29 Abimelek said to Abraham, "What is the meaning of these seven female lambs that you have set by themselves?"
 \v 30 He replied, "These seven female lambs you will receive from my hand, so that it may be a witness for me, that I dug this well."
 
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 \v 31 So he called that place Beersheba, because there they both swore an oath.
-\v 32 They made a covenant at Beersheba, and then Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, returned to the land of the Philistines.
+\v 32 They made a covenant at Beersheba, and then Abimelek and Phicol, the captain of his army, returned to the land of the Philistines.
 
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 \v 33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba. There he worshiped Yahweh, the eternal God.
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-\v 1 Now a famine happened in the land, besides the first famine that had been in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines at Gerar.
+\v 1 Now a famine happened in the land, besides the first famine that had been in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelek, king of the Philistines at Gerar.
 
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 \v 2 Now Yahweh appeared to him and said, "Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land that I tell you to live in.
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 \v 6 So Isaac settled in Gerar.
 \v 7 When the men of the place asked him about his wife, he said, "She is my sister." He feared to say, "She is my wife," because he thought, "The men of this place will kill me to get Rebekah, because she is so beautiful."
-\v 8 After Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines happened to look out of a window. He saw, behold, Isaac was caressing Rebekah, his wife.
+\v 8 After Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelek king of the Philistines happened to look out of a window. He saw, behold, Isaac was caressing Rebekah, his wife.
 
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-\v 9 Abimelech called Isaac to him and said, "Look, certainly she is your wife. Why did you say, 'She is my sister'?" Isaac said to him, "Because I thought someone might kill me to get her."
-\v 10 Abimelech said, "What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us."
-\v 11 So Abimelech warned all the people and said, "Whoever touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death."
+\v 9 Abimelek called Isaac to him and said, "Look, certainly she is your wife. Why did you say, 'She is my sister'?" Isaac said to him, "Because I thought someone might kill me to get her."
+\v 10 Abimelek said, "What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us."
+\v 11 So Abimelek warned all the people and said, "Whoever touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death."
 
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 \v 15 Now all the wells that his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped them up by filling them with earth.
-\v 16 Abimelech said to Isaac, "Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we."
+\v 16 Abimelek said to Isaac, "Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we."
 \v 17 So Isaac departed from there and settled in the Valley of Gerar, and lived there.
 
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-\v 26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath, his friend, and Phicol, the captain of his army.
+\v 26 Then Abimelek went to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath, his friend, and Phicol, the captain of his army.
 \v 27 Isaac said to them, "Why are you coming to me, since you hate me and have sent me away from you?"
 
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 \v 29 Jerub-Baal, son of Joash, went and lived in his own house.
 \v 30 Gideon had seventy sons who were his descendants, for he had many wives.
-\v 31 His concubine, who was in Shechem, also bore him a son, and Gideon gave him the name Abimelech.
+\v 31 His concubine, who was in Shechem, also bore him a son, and Gideon gave him the name Abimelek.
 
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 \v 32 Gideon, son of Joash, died at a good old age and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, at Ophrah of the clan of Abiezer.
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-\v 1 Abimelech son of Jerub-Baal went to his mother's relatives at Shechem and he said to them and to the whole clan of his mother's family,
+\v 1 Abimelek son of Jerub-Baal went to his mother's relatives at Shechem and he said to them and to the whole clan of his mother's family,
 \v 2 "Please say this, so that all the leaders in Shechem may hear, 'Which is better for you, that all seventy sons of Jerub-Baal rule over you, or that just one rule over you?' Remember that I am your bone and your flesh."
 
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-\v 3 His mother's relatives spoke for him to the leaders of Shechem, and they agreed to follow Abimelech, for they said, "He is our brother."
-\v 4 They gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-Berith, and Abimelech used the silver to hire worthless and reckless men, who traveled with him.
+\v 3 His mother's relatives spoke for him to the leaders of Shechem, and they agreed to follow Abimelek, for they said, "He is our brother."
+\v 4 They gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-Berith, and Abimelek used the silver to hire worthless and reckless men, who traveled with him.
 
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-\v 5 Abimelech went to his father's house at Ophrah, and upon one stone he murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerub-Baal. Only Jotham was left, the youngest son of Jerub-Baal, for he hid himself.
-\v 6 All the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo came together and they went and made Abimelech king, beside the oak near the pillar which is in Shechem.
+\v 5 Abimelek went to his father's house at Ophrah, and upon one stone he murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerub-Baal. Only Jotham was left, the youngest son of Jerub-Baal, for he hid himself.
+\v 6 All the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo came together and they went and made Abimelek king, beside the oak near the pillar which is in Shechem.
 
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 \v 15 The thornbush said to the trees, 'If you truly want to anoint me as king over you, then come and find refuge under my shade. If not, then let fire come out of the thornbush and let it burn up the cedars of Lebanon.'
-\v 16 Now therefore, if you have acted in truth and honesty, when you made Abimelech king, and if you have done well concerning Jerub-Baal and his house, and if you have punished him as he deserves—
+\v 16 Now therefore, if you have acted in truth and honesty, when you made Abimelek king, and if you have done well concerning Jerub-Baal and his house, and if you have punished him as he deserves—
 
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 \v 17 and to think that my father fought for you, risked his life, and rescued you out of the hand of Midian—
-\v 18 but today you have risen up against my father's house and have killed his sons, seventy persons, upon one stone. Then you have made Abimelech, the son of his female servant, king over the leaders of Shechem, because he is your relative.
+\v 18 but today you have risen up against my father's house and have killed his sons, seventy persons, upon one stone. Then you have made Abimelek, the son of his female servant, king over the leaders of Shechem, because he is your relative.
 
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-\v 19 If you acted with faithfulness and integrity with Jerub-Baal and his house, then you should rejoice in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you.
-\v 20 But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech and burn up the men of Shechem and Beth Millo. Let fire come out from the men of Shechem and Beth Millo, to burn up Abimelech."
-\v 21 Jotham fled and ran away, and he went to Beer. He lived there because it was far away from Abimelech, his brother.
+\v 19 If you acted with faithfulness and integrity with Jerub-Baal and his house, then you should rejoice in Abimelek, and let him also rejoice in you.
+\v 20 But if not, let fire come out from Abimelek and burn up the men of Shechem and Beth Millo. Let fire come out from the men of Shechem and Beth Millo, to burn up Abimelek."
+\v 21 Jotham fled and ran away, and he went to Beer. He lived there because it was far away from Abimelek, his brother.
 
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-\v 22 Abimelech ruled over Israel for three years.
-\v 23 God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem. The leaders of Shechem betrayed the trust they had with Abimelech.
-\v 24 God did this so the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerub-Baal might be avenged and their blood be laid on Abimelech their brother, and the men of Shechem would be held responsible because they helped him murder his brothers.
+\v 22 Abimelek ruled over Israel for three years.
+\v 23 God sent an evil spirit between Abimelek and the leaders of Shechem. The leaders of Shechem betrayed the trust they had with Abimelek.
+\v 24 God did this so the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerub-Baal might be avenged and their blood be laid on Abimelek their brother, and the men of Shechem would be held responsible because they helped him murder his brothers.
 
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-\v 25 So the leaders of Shechem positioned men to lie in wait on the hilltops that they might ambush him, and they robbed all who passed by them along that road. This was reported to Abimelech.
+\v 25 So the leaders of Shechem positioned men to lie in wait on the hilltops that they might ambush him, and they robbed all who passed by them along that road. This was reported to Abimelek.
 
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 \v 26 Gaal son of Ebed came with his relatives and they went over to Shechem. The leaders of Shechem had confidence in him.
-\v 27 They went out into the field and gathered grapes from the vineyards, and they trampled on them. They held a festival in the house of their god, where they ate and drank, and they cursed Abimelech.
+\v 27 They went out into the field and gathered grapes from the vineyards, and they trampled on them. They held a festival in the house of their god, where they ate and drank, and they cursed Abimelek.
 
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-\v 28 Gaal son of Ebed, said, "Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerub-Baal? Is Zebul not his overseer? Serve the men of Hamor, Shechem's father! Why should we serve Abimelech?
-\v 29 I wish that this people were under my command! Then would I remove Abimelech. I would say to Abimelech, 'Call out all your army.'"
+\v 28 Gaal son of Ebed, said, "Who is Abimelek, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerub-Baal? Is Zebul not his overseer? Serve the men of Hamor, Shechem's father! Why should we serve Abimelek?
+\v 29 I wish that this people were under my command! Then would I remove Abimelek. I would say to Abimelek, 'Call out all your army.'"
 
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 \v 30 When Zebul, the official of the city, heard the words of Gaal son of Ebed his anger was kindled.
-\v 31 He sent messengers to Abimelech in order to deceive, saying, "See, Gaal son of Ebed and his relatives are coming to Shechem, and they are stirring up the city against you.
+\v 31 He sent messengers to Abimelek in order to deceive, saying, "See, Gaal son of Ebed and his relatives are coming to Shechem, and they are stirring up the city against you.
 
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 \v 32 Now, get up during the night, you and the soldiers with you, and prepare an ambush in the fields.
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-\v 34 So Abimelech got up during the night, he and all the men who were with him, and they set an ambush against Shechem—dividing into four units.
-\v 35 Gaal son of Ebed went out and stood in the entrance of the city gate. Abimelech and the men who were with him came out of their hiding place.
+\v 34 So Abimelek got up during the night, he and all the men who were with him, and they set an ambush against Shechem—dividing into four units.
+\v 35 Gaal son of Ebed went out and stood in the entrance of the city gate. Abimelek and the men who were with him came out of their hiding place.
 
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 \v 36 When Gaal saw the men, he said to Zebul, "See, men are coming down from the hilltops!" Zebul said to him, "You are seeing the shadows on the hills like they are men."
 \v 37 Gaal spoke again and said, "Look, men are coming down in the middle of the land, and one unit is coming by way of the oak of the diviners."
 
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-\v 38 Then Zebul said to him, "Where are your proud words now, you who said, 'Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?' Are these not the men you despised? Go out now and fight against them."
-\v 39 Gaal went out and he was leading the men of Shechem, and he fought Abimelech.
-\v 40 Abimelech chased him, and Gaal fled before him. Many fell with deadly wounds before the entrance to the city gate.
+\v 38 Then Zebul said to him, "Where are your proud words now, you who said, 'Who is Abimelek that we should serve him?' Are these not the men you despised? Go out now and fight against them."
+\v 39 Gaal went out and he was leading the men of Shechem, and he fought Abimelek.
+\v 40 Abimelek chased him, and Gaal fled before him. Many fell with deadly wounds before the entrance to the city gate.
 
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-\v 41 Abimelech stayed in Arumah. Zebul forced Gaal and his relatives out of Shechem.
-\v 42 On the next day the people of Shechem went out into the field, and this was reported to Abimelech.
+\v 41 Abimelek stayed in Arumah. Zebul forced Gaal and his relatives out of Shechem.
+\v 42 On the next day the people of Shechem went out into the field, and this was reported to Abimelek.
 \v 43 He took his people, divided them into three units, and they set an ambush in the fields. He looked and saw the people coming out from the city and he attacked and killed them.
 
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-\v 44 Abimelech and the units that were with him attacked and blocked the entrance to the city gate. The other two units attacked all who were in the field and killed them.
-\v 45 Abimelech fought against the city all that day. He captured the city, and killed the people who were in it. He broke down the city walls and sowed it with salt.
+\v 44 Abimelek and the units that were with him attacked and blocked the entrance to the city gate. The other two units attacked all who were in the field and killed them.
+\v 45 Abimelek fought against the city all that day. He captured the city, and killed the people who were in it. He broke down the city walls and sowed it with salt.
 
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 \v 46 When all the leaders of the tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered the stronghold of the house of El-Berith.
-\v 47 Abimelech was told that all the leaders had gathered together at the tower of Shechem.
+\v 47 Abimelek was told that all the leaders had gathered together at the tower of Shechem.
 
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-\v 48 Abimelech went up to Mount Zalmon, he and all the men who were with him. Abimelech took an ax and cut off branches. He put it on his shoulder and ordered the men with him, "What you have seen me do, hurry and do as I have done."
-\v 49 So every one cut off branches and followed Abimelech. They piled them against the wall of the tower, and they set the stronghold on fire, so that all the people of the tower of Shechem also died, about a thousand men and women.
+\v 48 Abimelek went up to Mount Zalmon, he and all the men who were with him. Abimelek took an ax and cut off branches. He put it on his shoulder and ordered the men with him, "What you have seen me do, hurry and do as I have done."
+\v 49 So every one cut off branches and followed Abimelek. They piled them against the wall of the tower, and they set the stronghold on fire, so that all the people of the tower of Shechem also died, about a thousand men and women.
 
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-\v 50 Then Abimelech went to Thebez, and he encamped against Thebez and captured it.
+\v 50 Then Abimelek went to Thebez, and he encamped against Thebez and captured it.
 \v 51 But there was a strong tower in the city, and all the men and women and all the leaders of the city fled to it and shut themselves in. Then they went up to the roof of the tower.
 
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-\v 52 Abimelech came to the tower and fought against it, and he came up near to the door of the tower to burn it.
-\v 53 But a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech's head and it crushed his skull.
+\v 52 Abimelek came to the tower and fought against it, and he came up near to the door of the tower to burn it.
+\v 53 But a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelek's head and it crushed his skull.
 \v 54 Then he called urgently to the young man who was his armor-bearer, and said to him, "Draw your sword and kill me, so no one will say about me, 'A woman killed him.'" So his young man pierced him through, and he died.
 
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-\v 55 When the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they went home.
-\v 56 So God avenged the evil of Abimelech that he did to his father by slaying his seventy brothers.
+\v 55 When the men of Israel saw that Abimelek was dead, they went home.
+\v 56 So God avenged the evil of Abimelek that he did to his father by slaying his seventy brothers.
 \v 57 God made all the evil of the men of Shechem turn back on their own heads and on them came the curse of Jotham son of Jerub-Baal.
 
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-\v 1 After Abimelech, Tola son of Puah son of Dodo, a man from Issachar who lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim, arose to deliver Israel.
+\v 1 After Abimelek, Tola son of Puah son of Dodo, a man from Issachar who lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim, arose to deliver Israel.
 \v 2 He judged Israel twenty-three years. He died and was buried in Shamir.
 
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 \v 20 it may happen that the king will become angry, and he will say to you, 'Why did you go so near to the city to fight? Did you not know that they would shoot from the wall?
 
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-\v 21 Who killed Abimelech son of Jerub-Besheth? Did not a woman cast an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall?' Then you must answer, 'Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.'"
+\v 21 Who killed Abimelek son of Jerub-Besheth? Did not a woman cast an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall?' Then you must answer, 'Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.'"
 
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-\d A psalm of David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, who drove him out.
+\d A psalm of David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelek, who drove him out.
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 \v 1 I will praise Yahweh at all times,
 \q his praise will always be in my mouth.