Judges 9:56
So God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he wrought against his father, in slaying his seventy brethren.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
55And the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead; and they went each to his place.
Cross References
Judges 9:24to bring the injury done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal, and to lay their blood upon their brother Abimelech, who slew them, and upon the men of Shechem, because they strengthened his hands to slay his brethren.
Psalms 9:12Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion: 1 Declare his dealings among the nations. 1
Psalms 58:10I will keep my strength, looking to thee; 1 For thou, O God, art my helper. 1
Proverbs 5:22Iniquities ensnare a man, 1 And every one is bound in the chains of his own sins. 1
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 →