Judges 9:55

And the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead; and they went each to his place.

Brenton Septuagint

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

54And he cried out quickly to the young man his armour-bearer, and said to him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, lest at any time they should say, A woman slew him: and his young man thrust him through and he died.

56So God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he wrought against his father, in slaying his seventy brethren.

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Cross References

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

1 Kings 22:35And the war was turned in that day, and the king was + 22:35 Lit. remaining.standing on the chariot against Syria from morning till evening; and he shed the blood out of his wound, into the bottom of the chariot, and died at even, and the blood ran out of the wound into the + 22:35 Gr. bosom.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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