JETS 19:1 (Winter 1976) p. 19 1. When Abimelech fought against Thebez, a woman threw an upper millstone on his head, crushing his skull. He asked his armor-bearer to kill him with his sword so that no one could say, “A woman killed him.” This the armor-bearer did (Jg. 9:50–57). 2. Saul was badly wounded in battle. Fearing torture or shame at the hands of the Philistines, Saul asked his armor-bearer to “thrust him through.” When the latter refused to do so, Saul took his own sword and fell on it,