Bible verse
In this way God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father in murdering his seventy brothers.
Judges 9:56 · BSB
The verses around it, from Judges 9.
52 When Abimelech came to attack the tower, he approached its entrance to set it on fire.
53 But a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.
54 He quickly called his armor-bearer, saying, “Draw your sword and kill me, lest they say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’” So Abimelech’s armor-bearer ran his sword through him, and he died.
55 And when the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they all went home.
56 In this way God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father in murdering his seventy brothers.
57 And God also brought all the wickedness of the men of Shechem back upon their own heads. So the curse of Jotham son of Jerubbaal came upon them.
KJV
Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
ASV
Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren;
ERV
Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
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