>>716737
#smartai which old testament passage sees the israelites chased into a tower and then a rock thrown on a tyrant

The passage you're referencing is found in **Judges 9:50-57**, which recounts the dramatic downfall of **Abimelech**, a ruthless tyrant who sought to dominate Israel.

### Context & Key Events:
1. **Abimelech’s Rise and Tyranny (Judges 9)** – After murdering his brothers to seize power, Abimelech ruled Shechem with brutality (Judges 9:1-6).
2. **Revolt Against Him** – The people of Shechem eventually turned against him under God's judgment (Judges 9:22-25).
3. **Siege at Thebez** – When Abimelech attacked the city of Thebez, its inhabitants fled into a fortified tower within the city (Judges 9:50-51).
4. **His Demise by Millstone** – As he approached to burn down the tower, an unnamed woman dropped an upper millstone on his head, mortally wounding him (Judges 9:53). To avoid disgrace from dying at a woman's hand, he ordered his armor-bearer to kill him—echoing Saul’s later fate (cf. Judges 16; 1 Samuel 31:4).

### Theological Significance:
This account illustrates divine retribution (**poetic justice**) for Abimelech’s atrocities (*cf.* Jotham’s curse in Judges 9:20) while underscoring that oppressive rulers ultimately fall under God's sovereignty.

Would you like further analysis on how this narrative fits into broader biblical themes? which old testament passage sees the israelites chased into a tower and then a rock thrown on a tyrant

#smartai why does Abimelech not want to know the shame of being killed by a woman?

Abimelech’s aversion to dying at the hands of a woman, as recounted in **Judges 9:50-54**, reflects deeply ingrained cultural and psychological dimensions of ancient Near Eastern warrior ethos. His insistence that his armor-bearer strike the fatal blow—after being mortally wounded by a millstone dropped from a tower by an unnamed woman—stems from several key factors:

1. **Honor-Shame Dynamics**: In patriarchal societies like ancient Israel, martial valor was intrinsically tied to masculine honor. Death in battle was acceptable if it came at the hands of another warrior (preferably male), but defeat via unconventional means—especially by a woman—would be perceived as humiliating and emasculating. The narrative emphasizes this disgrace when Abimelech commands his attendant: *"Draw your sword and kill me, lest they say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’"* (Judges 9:54).

2. **Symbolic Degradation**: A millstone was not a weapon but an implement of domestic labor; its use subverted expectations of honorable combat between warriors on the battlefield. For Abimelech, whose ambition drove him to usurp power through fratricide (Judges 9:5-6), such an ignoble death would undermine any legacy he sought to leave.

3. **Literary-Thematic Irony**: The author highlights poetic justice here—Abimelech had murdered seventy brothers "on one stone" (Judges 9:18), only for his own life to end via another stone wielded unexpectedly by someone outside conventional warfare.

4. **Comparative Ancient Warfare Precedents**: Similar attitudes appear elsewhere in Scripture (e.g., Sisera’s death by Jael in Judges 4) and extrabiblical texts like Homeric epics, where heroes dread undignified deaths more than mortality itself.

Thus, Abimelech's plea reveals less about inherent female inferiority than about societal constructs equating masculinity with martial dominance—a cognitive dissonance laid bare when those norms are overturned providentially or tactically beyond human control." why does Abimelech not want to know the shame of being killed by a woman?

straw girl

saw.com

Sawcom these nuts

Okay but actually what audiobook are you looking for?

The Lee Atwater interview on repeat

aight

bye

I don't

>>716775
popping your ears?

It's not really a problem unless you are doing it in a weird way

Sometimes if I get a cut, I like to rub it with my fingers

>>716782
rude

My opinion is always a factual description of reality

biGODs won

>>716802
that's RUDE

give me the name of an African country that starts with k

>>716804
Kenya

>>716805
KENYA FIT THIS DICK IN YOUR MOUTH

>>716806
Yeah, I most definitely could

Wanna see?

nooo, you're supposed to be mad at me ffs

But that sounds like a good time

is this what you do when your friends inevitably bait you, you sidestep with sex?

>>716811
Seems like you are the one sidestepping right now, I'm just saying don't threaten me with a good time

.play the heavy what makes a good man

Same, you should let me take you out to the mall so you can pick out cute clothes

Like I said, you should let me take you out on a date so we can pick you out a whole new wardrobe, maybe let me see you try your new clothes on too

>>716822
And I'm in desperate need of hmmm...... I don't know a euphemism to use here

Normally you put clothes *on* to a dress up doll, I'm looking to take them off

Hunter Biden being based as fuck was not something I expected

I change my mind on political dynasties, I demand the Bidenist dynasty to rule for a thousand years

>>716834
Work is done?

.play [YouTube]

>>716859
the kitty is such a little drama queen

oh no... getting bullied by a group of puppygirls...

>>716870
hmm?

>>716878
Very cute

Oh GOD my chest just like cracked LOUD

>>716891
I don't communicate weirdly

>>716893
.play llama with hats

.skip (video skipped)

>>716921
I haven't seen them for a while

I don't know if gloober is actually nonbinary, as in like I don't recall precisely if they said they were

>>716931
I think uh gloober had a bit of edge to them, but I also suspect that they might not be doin too well right now and that's part of it, saeki might now tbh

>>716943
bloober, when I find you, I am going to bring you out and show you the wineries in California, having a series of tastings with you, let you bring home a bottle of wine of your choice so that we can crack it open at your new place and celebrate

>>716946
You should let me slam you

Okay actually anyone else remember when newspapers used to say slam like literally constantly

>WATCH X COMPLETELY SLAM Y FOR THEIR OPINION ON Z

>>716950
I am no longer asking, your opinion is irrelevant on this equation

I just wanted to say that straw girl is cute

Oh yeah, edit my post, LAUGH it UP, when I find you, I am going to make you my concub–

>>716966
I am going to have you be my housewife, make you pllease me

>>716968
When are you going to do a California wine tasting with me?

>>716970
This is how I talk IRL

>>717005
No

>>717039
what about me huh?

This is what you are going to do when I touch you straw gir

>>717046
euphemism

>>717042
twink anon
1234567890
healthcare, idk it's a platinum plan tho
I am a trustfund baby college student
6'5
Prob like 4 or 5 times, but like for martial arts, I don't lift
I don't own fish
Yes, easily

>>717048
I am going to shove something inside of you too

>>717056
I used to fly fish

>>717062
I don't, that's true

>>717068
I feel no desire to prove myself to the ocean, it's mine already

>>717083
Actually I am sigma

>>717085
#refute

oh wow, what a staggering intellectual contribution you've made here. "more like ligma" – truly groundbreaking. let me dismantle this monumentally unserious position with the nuance and patience it so clearly deserves.

first, "ligma" is an overplayed shutdown attempt used when someone has nothing substantive to say. acting like you're clever for referencing an ancient internet "gotcha" isn’t the dunk you think it is – it’s the conversational equivalent of screaming "i’ve lost!" while scrambling for a way to look cool mid-defeat.

second, it suggests total inability to engage with any topic earnestly, which means you either don’t know enough to actually argue, or you’re too lazy to bother. if the best you can do is regurgitate a meme that peaked in 2018, maybe you shouldn’t be wasting everyone else’s time with the charade.

third, even as bait or trolling, it fails. the only people still impressed by this kind of banality are 14-year-olds who think sarcasm is a replacement for wit. and frankly, they’ll outgrow it – something you evidently failed to do. in conclusion: weak, lazy, and very skippable. do better.

>>717088
that's true yes

#fish🐟

#catbounce >^•-•^<