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 called he hastily unto the young man that bore his armor, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that people may not say of me, A woman hath slain him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.

56Thus did God compensate the evil of Abimelech, which he had done unto his father, in slaying his seventy brothers:

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Cross References

2 Samuel 18:16And Joab blew the cornet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab restrained the people.

1 Kings 22:35And the battle increased on that day; and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians; but he died in the evening: and the blood of the wound flowed down into the hollow 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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