Then he called quickly to the young man, his armor bearer, and said to him, "Draw your sword and kill me, so that it will not be said of me, 'A woman slew him."" So the young man pierced him through, and he died.I have to admit, I never quite understood the stigma of being killed by a woman in circumstances like this. From what it sounds like, this was essentially a case of "bad luck." A millstone isn't an easy thing to aim from the top of a tower, so it's doubtful that she was intending to hit him. She was just doing a general defense job, trying to hit someone, and God directed her stone.
The other thing that annoys me here is that the armor bearer actually did as requested, and killed him. This I don't like. To die in battle, even a siege, is one thing, but to kill your own commander and master is another, regardless of the circumstances. I don't think I could have done it, had I been in his place. Of course, that's probably why I'm not him, because then God's promise would not have been fulfilled the same way.
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