Hakim-hakim 9:50

9:50 Abimelech moved on ¹  to Thebez; he besieged and captured it. ² 

Hakim-hakim 9:53

9:53 a woman threw an upper millstone ³  down on his ⁴  head and shattered his skull.

¹ tn Or “went.”

² tn Heb “he camped near Thebez and captured it.”

³ sn A hand mill consisted of an upper stone and larger lower stone. One would turn the upper stone with a handle to grind the grain, which was placed between the stones. An upper millstone, which was typically about two inches thick and a foot or so in diameter, probably weighed 25-30 pounds (11.4-13.6 kg). See G. F. Moore, Judges (ICC), 268; C. F. Burney, Judges, 288.

⁴ tn Heb “Abimelech’s.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun “his” in the translation in keeping with conventions of English narrative style.