Judges 9:56
And so did God repay the evil that Abimelech had done against his father by killing his seventy brothers.
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In Context
55And when he was dead, all those of Israel who were with him returned to their homes.
Cross References
Judges 9:24and to place blame for the crime of the killing of the seventy sons of Jerubbaal, and for the shedding of their blood, upon Abimelech, their brother, and upon the rest of the leaders of the Shechemites, who assisted him.
Psalms 9:12Sing a psalm to the Lord, who dwells in Zion. Announce his study among the Gentiles.
Psalms 58:10I will guard my strength toward you, for you are God, my supporter.
Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities take hold of the impious, and he is bound by the cords of his own sins.
Acts 28:4And truly, when the natives saw the beast hanging from his hand, they were saying to one another: “Certainly, this man must be a murderer, for though he escaped from the sea, vengeance will not permit him to live.”
Revelation 19:20And the beast was apprehended, and with him the false prophetess, who in his presence caused the signs, by which she seduced those who accepted the character of the beast and who worshiped his image. These two were cast alive into the pool of fire burning with sulphur.
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 →