Judges 9:47 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together. ”

• Judges 9:47 - 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...

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• Judges 9:47 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.

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• Judges 9:47 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together. No JFB commentary on these verses.

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• Judges 9:47 - 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,...

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• Judges 9:47 - 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...

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• Judges 9:47 - 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...

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• Judges 9:47 - 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...

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• Judges 9:47 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And it was told Abimelech ,.... Who had his spies about, and particularly to observe the motions of the men in this tower: that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together ; in the...

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• Judges 9:47 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together. Ver. 47. And it was told Abimelech. ] Who carefully watched all their motions, and had his corycaei to...

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• Judges 9:47 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Gaal's Insurrection; Gaal's Defeat. B. C. 1206.       22 When Abimelech had reigned three ye...

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• Judges 9:47 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  No text from Poole on this verse.

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• Judges 9:47 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘ And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.' The news reached Abimelech that all the priests of Baal-berith were there in the fortified tower, to...

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• Judges 9:47 - 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...

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• Judges 9:47 - 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...

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• Judges 9:47 - 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...

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• Judges 9:47 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The End of Abimelech

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