Judges 9:56 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren: ”

Judges 9:56 - 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 9:56 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

rendered . requited. Hebrew brought back. wickedness. Hebrew. ra'a'.
Judges 9:56 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren: Thus God rendered, etc. - Both the fratricide Abimelech, and the unprincipled men of Shec...
Judges 9:56 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren: Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech ... The manner in which the Nemesis...
Judges 9:56 - 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 9:56 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Thus. — These impressive verses give the explanation of the whole narrative. They are inserted to show that God punishes both individual and national crimes, and that men’s pleasant vices are made th...
Judges 9:56 - 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 9:56 - 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 9:56 - 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 9:56 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech which he did unto his father ,.... To the disgrace of his father's character, and to the hurt of his father's family: in slaying his seventy brethren...
Judges 9:56 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren: Ver. 56. Which he did unto his father. ] Wrong done to a parent in any kind, is a he...
Judges 9:56 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thus God rendered , &c. This and the following verse conclude the history of Abimelech with a divine admonition, that no man might think such things come to pass by chance. We see God, the judge...
Judges 9:56 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Death of Abimelech. B. C. 1206. 50 Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped aga...
Judges 9:56 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The wickedness which he did unto his father, in rooting out, as far as he could, the name, and memory, and remainders of his father.
Judges 9:56 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech which he did to his father, in killing his seventy brothers.' God had avenged the hurt done to His servant Gideon by the killing of his sons, for H...
Judges 9:56 - 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 9:56 - 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 9:56 - 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 9:56 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The End of Abimelech
Judges 9:56 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 28:4 ; Galatians 6:7 ; Job 31:3 ; Judges 9:24 ; Matthew 7:2 ; Proverbs 5:22 ; Psalms 11:6 ; Psalms 58:10 ; Psalms 58:11 ; Psalms 9:12 ; Psalms 94:23 ; Revelation 19:20 ; Revelation...
Judges 9:56 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Wickedness — In rooting out, as far as he could, the name and memory of his father.

Judges 9:56 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:56 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 9:56 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 9:56 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 9:56 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:56 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 9:56 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 9:56 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 9:56 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 9:56 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 9:56 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 9:56 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 9:56 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 9:56 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 9:56 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:56 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 9:56 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 9:56 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 9:56 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 9:56 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 9:56 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes