Judges 9:56

וַיָּשֶׁב אֱלֹהִים אֵת רָעַת אֲבִימֶלֶךְ אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה לְאָבִיו לַהֲרֹג אֶת ־ שִׁבְעִים אֶחָֽיו ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:

In Context

55וַיִּרְאוּ אִֽישׁ ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי מֵת אֲבִימֶלֶךְ וַיֵּלְכוּ אִישׁ לִמְקֹמֽוֹ ׃

57וְאֵת כָּל ־ רָעַת אַנְשֵׁי שְׁכֶם הֵשִׁיב אֱלֹהִים בְּרֹאשָׁם וַתָּבֹא אֲלֵיהֶם קִֽלֲלַת יוֹתָם בֶּן ־ יְרֻבָּֽעַל ׃ פ

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Cross References

Judges 9:24לָבוֹא חֲמַס שִׁבְעִים בְּנֵֽי ־ יְרֻבָּעַל וְדָמָם לָשׂוּם עַל ־ אֲבִימֶלֶךְ אֲחִיהֶם אֲשֶׁר הָרַג אוֹתָם וְעַל בַּעֲלֵי שְׁכֶם אֲשֶׁר ־ חִזְּקוּ אֶת ־ יָדָיו לַהֲרֹג אֶת ־ אֶחָֽיו ׃

Psalms 9:12זַמְּרוּ לַיהוָה יֹשֵׁב צִיּוֹן הַגִּידוּ בָעַמִּים עֲלִֽילוֹתָֽיו ׃

Psalms 58:10בְּטֶרֶם יָבִינוּ סִּֽירֹתֵיכֶם אָטָד כְּמוֹ ־ חַי כְּמוֹ ־ חָרוֹן יִשְׂעָרֶֽנּוּ ׃

Proverbs 5:22עַֽווֹנוֹתָיו יִלְכְּדֻנוֹ אֶת ־ הָרָשָׁע וּבְחַבְלֵי חַטָּאתוֹ יִתָּמֵֽךְ ׃

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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