Judges 9:55

And the men of Israel see that Abimelech [is] dead, and each one goes to his place;

Literal Standard Version

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 calls quickly to the young man carrying his weapons and says to him, “Draw your sword, and you have put me to death, lest they say of me—A woman slew him”; and his young man pierced him through, and he dies.

56and God turns back the evil of Abimelech which he did to his father to slay his seventy brothers;

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Cross References

2 Samuel 18:16And Joab blows with a horn, and the people turn back from pursuing after Israel, for Joab has kept back the people;

1 Kings 22:35And the battle increases on that day, and the king has been caused to stand in the chariot, in front of Aram, and he dies in the evening, and the blood of the wound runs out to 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 →

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