Judges 9:55

And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man to his place.

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In The King James Version

And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place.

In Context

54Then he called hastily to the young man his armor bearer, and said to him, Draw thy sword, and kill me, that men not say of me, A woman killed him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.

56Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father, in slaying his seventy brothers.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 18:16And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel, for Joab held back the people.

1 Kings 22:35And the battle increased that day. And the king was propped up in his chariot against the Syrians. And he died at evening, and the blood ran out of the wound into the bottom of the chariot.

Matthew Henry on Judges 9:51-57

The Death of Abimelech. ( b. c. 1206.) 50 Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it. 51 But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower. 52 And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire. 53 And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull.… Read the whole commentary →

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