Judges 9:53 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull. ”

Judges 9:53 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The phrase “all” to is now obsolete, and means “quite,” “entirely,” as in Chaucer, Spenser, and Milton.
Judges 9:53 - 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 9:53 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

a piece of a . an upper. all to brake . altogether brake. (Obsolete.)
Judges 9:53 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull. A piece of a millstone - פלח רכב pelach recheb, a piece of a chariot wheel; but the word is used in...
Judges 9:53 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

A certain woman cast a piece of a millstone, &c.— A woman threw down from the top of a tower a large stone upon Abimelech's head, and all to break his skull; which is an old Anglicism, and mi...
Judges 9:53 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull. A certain woman cast a ... millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to break his skull. Simi...
Judges 9:53 - 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 9:53 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A piece of a millstone. — The word for millstone is receb, literally, runner, i.e., the upper millstone, or lapis vector, which is whirled round and round over the stationary lower one, shec...
Judges 9:53 - 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 9:53 - 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 9:53 - 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 9:53 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone ,.... Of the upper millstone, as the word signifies, which is observed by Jarchi and other Jewish commentators; this with other stones being carried u...
Judges 9:53 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull. Ver. 53. And a certain woman. ] Women have sometimes done singular service against an enemy: as a...
Judges 9:53 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

A woman cast a piece of a millstone Such great stones, no doubt, they carried up with them, whereby they might defend themselves, or offend those who assaulted them. Here the justice of God is rema...
Judges 9:53 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Death of Abimelech. B. C. 1206. 50 Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped aga...
Judges 9:53 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Such great stones no doubt they carried up with them, whereby they might defend themselves, or offend those who assaulted them. Here the justice of God is remarkable in suiting the punishment to his...
Judges 9:53 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And a certain woman cast an upper-millstone on Abimelech's head and broke his skull.' An unknown woman on the tower, seeing Abimelech not far below her, (the tower would not be very high), took...
Judges 9:53 - 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 9:53 - 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 9:53 - 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 9:53 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The End of Abimelech
Judges 9:53 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 11:21 ; 2 Samuel 20:21 ; Jeremiah 49:20 ; Jeremiah 50:45 ; Job 31:3 ; Judges 9:15 ; Judges 9:20
Judges 9:53 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Mill — stone — Such great stones no doubt they carried up with them, whereby they might defend themselves, or offend those who assaulted them. Here the justice of God is remarkable in suiting the p...

Judges 9:53 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 9:53 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:53 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 9:53 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 9:53 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Judges 9:53 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 9:53 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:53 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 9:53 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 9:53 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 9:53 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 9:53 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 9:53 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 9:53 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 9:53 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 9:53 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 9:53 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:53 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 9:53 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 9:53 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 9:53 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 9:53 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 9:53 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes