Judges 9:52 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire. ”

Judges 9:52 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Went hard unto the door ... - i. e. went close to the door. An act of manifest danger, seeing the roof was covered with persons who would be likely to throw down missiles of all sorts on the head...
Judges 9:52 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Death of Abimelech. He went on burning and destroying till from the tower of Thebez (p. 30) a woman threw a mill-stone which crashed through his skull. That he might not be said to have died by...
Judges 9:52 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

hard . close.
Judges 9:52 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
Judges 9:52 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire. No JFB commentary on this verse.
Judges 9:52 - 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 9:52 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Went hard unto the door. — Hard, i.e., close. Like other bad men, Abimelech was not lacking in physical courage. He had all his father’s impetuous energy. The peril of such rashness served the Is...
Judges 9:52 - 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 9:52 - 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 9:52 - 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 9:52 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Abimelech came unto the tower ,.... With his army to besiege it: and fought against it ; using all the methods he could to oblige those in it to surrender: and went hard unto the door of the...
Judges 9:52 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire. Ver. 52. And went hard unto the door. ] This was not soldier-like, whose ru...
Judges 9:52 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Death of Abimelech. B. C. 1206. 50 Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped aga...
Judges 9:52 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Judges 9:52 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And Abimelech came to the tower, and fought against it, and went hard to the door of the tower to burn it with fire.' Whatever Abimelech was he was not a coward and he took a full part in the a...
Judges 9:52 - 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 9:52 - 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 9:52 - 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 9:52 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The End of Abimelech
Judges 9:52 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 14:10 ; 2 Kings 15:16 ; Judges 9:48 ; Judges 9:49

Judges 9:52 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 9:52 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:52 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 9:52 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 9:52 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 9:52 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:52 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 9:52 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 9:52 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 9:52 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 9:52 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 9:52 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 9:52 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 9:52 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 9:52 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:52 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 9:52 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 9:52 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 9:52 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 9:52 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge