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 Israel is still far in the distance” (Stanley).
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Judges 9:55
55 And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place.