Judges 9:45 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt. ”

Judges 9:45 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Sowed it with salt - Expressing by this action his hatred, and his wish, that when utterly destroyed as a city, it might not even be a fruitful field. Salt is the emblem of barrenness (see the ma...
Judges 9:45 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that [was] therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with (o) salt. (o) That it should be unfruitful...
Judges 9:45 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Abimelech Destroys Shechem. These verses seem to contain a second, independent account of the attack on Shechem, the sequel to Judges 9:22-25 . Judges 9:43 . Abimelech adopts the same tactics...
Judges 9:45 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt. And sowed it with salt - Intending th...
Judges 9:45 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And sowed it with salt— Salt, in a certain quantity, makes land barren. Hence, in Scripture, a land of salt signifies a barren land; Deuteronomy 29:23 . Psalms 107:33-34 . Zephaniah 2:9 . Proph...
Judges 9:45 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Judges 9:45 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Story of Abimelech This chapter breaks the regular order of the book, since Abimelech is not thought of as a judge, and the Canaanites are not here regarded as oppressors. The story, however,...
Judges 9:45 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Beat down the city. — Comp. 2 Samuel 17:13 ; Micah 3:12 . Sowed it with salt. — Nothing can better show his deadly execration against the populace to whom he owed his elevation, and who had been...
Judges 9:45 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Burning of the Bramble Judges 9:41-57 Terrible deeds like these give tokens of the power of the god of this world, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience. Alas, similar...
Judges 9:45 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The closing statement of the previous chapter constitutes the introduction to this. The words, "As soon as Gideon was dead" and the declaration that then the people returned to evil courses reveal, f...
Judges 9:45 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

One general observation runs through the whole of this history, and meets the Reader in every part of it: namely, that God's judgments, sooner or later, overtake the sinner. The Shechemites are first...
Judges 9:45 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Abimelech fought against the city all that day ,.... By throwing stones or arrows into it: and he took the city ; it was surrendered to him, not being able to stand out against his forces: a...
Judges 9:45 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that [was] therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt. Ver. 45. He took the city, and sle...
Judges 9:45 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And sowed it with salt In token of his desire of their utter and irrecoverable destruction. For places situated in a salt soil being barren by nature, the sowing of salt upon a place was a symbolic...
Judges 9:45 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Gaal's Insurrection; Gaal's Defeat. B. C. 1206. 22 When Abimelech had reigned three ye...
Judges 9:45 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Not to make the place barren, as salt will do, for then he would have sowed the fields, not the city; but in token of his detestation and desire of their utter and irrecoverable destruction; for salt...
Judges 9:45 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And Abimelech fought against the city all that day, and he took the city and slew the people that were in it, and he beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.' Having dealt with the people ou...
Judges 9:45 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CHAPTER 9 ABIMELECH’S TRAGIC BUT BRIEF HISTORY ( Judges 9:22-57 .) CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 9:22 . Had reigned ] ruled by force rather than by natural right , implying a hard, as opposed to...
Judges 9:45 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 9:4 . Baal-berith. Berith signifies a covenant, which those bad people had made with Baal. The Greeks had their ζευς ορκιος, their Jupiter, or their Baal, to which they made vows. Judges...
Judges 9:45 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 9:22 Had reigned . The Hebrew word here used is quite a different one from that in Judges 9:8 , Judges 9:10 , Judges 9:12 , Judges 9:14 , and elsewhere, where the rei...
Judges 9:45 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Defeat of Gaal
Judges 9:45 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 12:25 ; 2 Kings 3:25 ; Deuteronomy 29:23 ; Ezekiel 47:11 ; James 2:13 ; Judges 9:20 ; Psalms 107:34 ; Zephaniah 2:9
Judges 9:45 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

With salt — In token of his desire of their utter and irrecoverable destruction.

Judges 9:45 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 9:45 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Judges 9:45 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:45 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 9:45 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Judges 9:45 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 9:45 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:45 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 9:45 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 9:45 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 9:45 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 9:45 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 9:45 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 9:45 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 9:45 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 9:45 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 9:45 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:45 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 9:45 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 9:45 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 9:45 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 9:45 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 9:45 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes