Judges 9:57 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal. ”

Judges 9:57 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the (f) curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal. (f) For making a tyrant their king.
Judges 9:57 - 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 9:57 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal. Commentary on the Bible, by Adam Clarke [1831].
Judges 9:57 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And all the evil of the men of Shechem, &c.— Thus Providence punished him for his wicked cruelty, after chastising the Shechemites for having served as the instrument of his ambition. Let it no...
Judges 9:57 - 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 9:57 - 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 9:57 - 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 9:57 - 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 9:57 - 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 9:57 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And all the evil of the men of Shechem ,.... In aiding Abimelech to slay his brethren, and in making him king after so foul a fact committed: did God render upon their heads ; by suffering Abimele...
Judges 9:57 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal. Ver. 57. And upon them came the curse. ] The prophetical curse,...
Judges 9:57 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The evil of the men of Shechem did God render , &c. Thus God preserved the honour of his government, and gave warning to all ages to expect blood for blood. The Lord is known by these judgments...
Judges 9:57 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Death of Abimelech. B. C. 1206. 50 Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped aga...
Judges 9:57 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Judges 9:57 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And all the wickedness of the chief men of Shechem, did God requite upon their heads, and on them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.' “On them” , that is on both Abimelech and the...
Judges 9:57 - 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 9:57 - 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 9:57 - 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 9:57 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The End of Abimelech
Judges 9:57 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 16:34 ; Joshua 6:26 ; Judges 9:20 ; Judges 9:45
Judges 9:57 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Render upon their heads — Thus God preserved the honour of his government, and gave warning to all ages, to expect blood for blood.

Judges 9:57 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Judges 9:57 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:57 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 9:57 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Judges 9:57 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:57 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 9:57 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 9:57 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 9:57 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 9:57 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 9:57 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 9:57 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 9:57 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 9:57 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 9:57 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:57 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 9:57 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 9:57 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 9:57 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 9:57 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 9:57 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes