Judges 9:55 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place. ”

Judges 9:55 - 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 9:55 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place.
Judges 9:55 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he...
Judges 9:55 - 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 9:55 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

They departed. — The death of a leader was generally sufficient to break up an ancient army ( 1 Samuel 17:51 ). “With Abimelech expired this first abortive attempt at monarchy.... The true King of...
Judges 9:55 - 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 9:55 - 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 9:55 - 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 9:55 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead ,.... That is, those that were with him, the men of his army, who were all Israelites: they departed every man to his place ; disbanded thems...
Judges 9:55 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place. Ver. 55. They departed every man to his place. ] They stayed not to take the tower, and to revenge t...
Judges 9:55 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Death of Abimelech. B. C. 1206. 50 Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped aga...
Judges 9:55 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Judges 9:55 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man to his place.' Once Abimelech was dead there was little point in fighting on. The point at issue was decided. It...
Judges 9:55 - 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 9:55 - 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 9:55 - 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 9:55 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The End of Abimelech
Judges 9:55 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 22:35 ; 1 Kings 22:36 ; 2 Samuel 18:16 ; 2 Samuel 20:21 ; 2 Samuel 20:22 ; Proverbs 22:10

Judges 9:55 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:55 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 9:55 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 9:55 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:55 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 9:55 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 9:55 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 9:55 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 9:55 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 9:55 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 9:55 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 9:55 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 9:55 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:55 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 9:55 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 9:55 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 9:55 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 9:55 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge