2 Samuel 11:21

Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

Cross-references

Judges 9:53 Citation

Judges 9:53 records the very event recalled here — Abimelech killed by a woman's millstone, used as a cautionary tale about approaching walls.

Judges 6:32 Historical context

Judges 6:32 gives the origin of the name Jerubbaal (Gideon), which appears here as Jerubbesheth — a deliberate alteration substituting 'Baal' with 'shame'.