Judges 9:55

And, when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was, dead, they went their way every man to his own place.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 bearing his armour, and said unto him—Draw thy sword, and put me to death, lest they say of me, A woman, slew him! So his young man thrust him through, and he died.

56Thus did God requite the wickedness of Abimelech, which he had done to his father, in slaying his seventy brethren;

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Cross References

2 Samuel 18:16Then Joab blew with a horn, and the people returned from pursuing Israel,—for Joab had restrained the people.

1 Kings 22:35But the battle increased that day, and, the king, was propped up in the chariot, before the Syrians,—and died in the evening, and so the blood of the wound ran out 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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