Judges 9:55
And when he was dead, all the men of Israel that were with him, returned to their homes.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
56And God repaid the evil, that Abimelech had done against his father, killing his seventy brethren.
Cross References
2 Samuel 18:16And Joab sounded the trumpet, and kept back the people from pursuing after Israel in their flight, being willing to spare he multitude.
1 Kings 22:35And the battle was fought that day, and the king of Israel stood in his chariot against the Syrians, and he died in the evening: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst 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 →