Judges 9:46

1 Kings 8:26; 2 Kings 1:2-4; Isaiah 28:15-18; Isaiah 37:38; Judges 8:33; Judges 9:27; Judges 9:4; Psalms 115:8

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

An hold of the house of the god Berith - As combining the advantages of a “sanctuary” (compare 1 Kings 2:28 ) and a fortress. The word rendered...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard [that], they entered into an hold of the house of the god (p) Berith. (p) That is, of Baniberith,...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Abimelech Destroys Shechem. These verses seem to contain a second, independent account of the attack on Shechem, the sequel to Judges 9:22-25 ....
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Berith . covenant. a sanctuary.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that , they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith. A hold of the house of the god B...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith. They entered into an hold...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The tower of Shechem ] This appears to be a place outside Shechem (perhaps like Millo, Judges 9:20 ), whose inhabitants fear a fate similar to that...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The men of the tower of Shechem. — Evidently the garrison of the house of Millo ( Judges 9:6 ). Entered into an hold. — The word for “hold” occu...
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 work...
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...
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 lat...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that ,.... That the city of Shechem was taken, the inhabitants of it slain, the city beaten down,...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard [that], they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith. Ver. 46. Into an hold of the...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

When the men of the tower heard Either a strong place belonging to the city of Shechem, and made for its defence without the city, or perhaps a tow...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Gaal's Insurrection; Gaal's Defeat. B. C. 1206....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The tower of Shechem; a strong place belonging to the city of Shechem, and made for its defence or security, but without the city. It is thought th...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard about it, they entered into the hold of the house of El-berith.' Meanwhile the priests of Ba...
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 b...
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,...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And when all the men of the tower of Shechem, probably the same as Beth-Millo, the fortress of the city, heard that, they entered into an hold of th...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The End of Abimelech
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The tower — A strong place belonging to the city of Shechem, made for its defence without the city. Berith — Or, Baal — berith, Judges 9:4 . Hithe...

⁴⁶ And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.

Related Commentaries of Judges 9:46

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Judges 9:46