Judges 9:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plainc of the pillar that was in Shechem. ”

Judges 9:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Millo must have been a fortified place close to, but separate from, Shechem, and perhaps the same as the tower of Shechem mentioned in Judges 9:46-47 . The building or enlarging of the better-know...
Judges 9:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of (d) Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that [was] in Shechem. (d) Which was as the town house, or...
Judges 9:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9. The Kingship and Fall of Abimelech. The story of Gideon's half-Canaanite son does not equal the finest parts of the book in dramatic interest, but the glimpse which it affords of the rela...
Judges 9:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

plain . oak. of the pillar. Genitive of Apposition. that is to say, the pillar made of oak. See Joshua 24:26 . Compare Genesis 28:18 ; Genesis 28:22 ; Genesis 31:13 ; Genesis 31:45 ; Genesi...
Judges 9:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem. And all the house of Millo - If Millo be...
Judges 9:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And all the house of Millo— Bertram, in his book de Repub. Jud. is of opinion, that Millo is not a proper name in this place; but that as by the first phrase, all the men of Shechem, are unde...
Judges 9:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem. All the men of Shechem ... and all...
Judges 9:6 - 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 9:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The house of Millo. — It cannot be determined whether Beth Millo is here a proper name, or whether Beth means the family or inhabitants of Millo. The Chaldee renders Millo by “a rampart;” and if...
Judges 9:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Through Slaughter to a Throne” Judges 8:29-35 ; Judges 9:1-6 The Children of Israel were guilty of great fickleness and instability. They soon relapsed into Baal worship and forgot to show ki...
Judges 9:6 - 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 9:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

See how the dreadful pursuit is marked. It is all written in blood. And to such a wretched state is Israel at this time, as a nation, reduced that instead of punishing, according to God's righteous l...
Judges 9:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And all the men of Shechem gathered together ,.... Upon the return of Abimelech, after he with his banditti had committed the execrable murder of his brethren: and all the house of Millo ; which w...
Judges 9:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that [was] in Shechem. Ver. 6. And all the men of Shechem. ]...
Judges 9:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

All the men of Shechem That is, the great men, the chief magistrates of the city; and the house of Millo Either some eminent and potent family living in or near Shechem, or the common council, th...
Judges 9:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

ABIMELECH'SCONSPIRACY (vv. 1-6). Abimelech did not only forget his father's example, but deliberately chose a contrary path of proud self-pleasing. He wanted to rule over Israel and recognized t...
Judges 9:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Usurpation of Abimelech. B. C. 1209. 1 And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Sh...
Judges 9:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Of Millo; of a place or person so called; some eminent and potent family living in Shechem, or near to it; either the family of Abimelech's mother, or some other: or, and all Beth-millo ; so Beth...
Judges 9:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And all the men of Shechem assembled themselves together, and all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king, by the oak of the pillar that was in Shechem.' The rivals now being satisfac...
Judges 9:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

ABIMELECH MADE KING Judges 9:1-21 CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 9:1 . And Abimelech .] Some little time may have elapsed after Gideon’s death, so that the air was again filled with tendencies to i...
Judges 9:6 - 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 9:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal. The election of the usurper to be king I. Contrasts in the history of God’s own people. After Gideon--Abimelech! II. The best of fathers may have the worst of...
Judges 9:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 9:1 The son of Jerubbaal . Throughout this chapter Gideon is spoken of by the name of Jerubbaal. There must be some cause for this. The simplest and most probable cause i...
Judges 9:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Abimelech Becomes King
Judges 9:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 12:1 ; 1 Kings 12:20 ; 1 Kings 12:25 ; 2 Kings 12:20 ; 2 Samuel 5:9 ; Joshua 24:26
Judges 9:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

House of Millo — Some eminent and potent family living in Shechem, or near it. King — Over all Israel, Judges 9:22 , which was a strange presumption for the inhabitants of one city; but they had m...

Judges 9:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 9:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Judges 9:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 9:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 9:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Judges 9:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 9:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 9:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 9:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 9:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 9:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 9:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 9:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 9:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 9:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 9:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 9:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 9:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 9:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 9:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 9:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 9:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes