Judges 9:5

2 Chronicles 21:4; 2 Kings 10:17; 2 Kings 11:1; 2 Kings 11:2; Judges 6:24; Matthew 2:16; Matthew 2:20

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Such wholesale slaughters have always been common in Eastern monarchies, and are among the fruits of polygamy.
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and (c) slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, [being] threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: n...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Upon one stone— It has been conjectured from this by some, that Abimelech intended to make his brethren a great victim to Baal; for a stone was som...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: not...
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

On one stone ] as if they had been sacrificial animals ( 1 Samuel 14:33 .).
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And he went unto his father’s house at Ophrah. — Probably, like Absalom, he seized the opportunity of some local or family feast at which all his b...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

ABIMELECH AND JOTHAM Judges 8:29-35 ; Judges 9:1-57 THE history we are tracing moves from man to man; the personal influence of the hero is ev...
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 soo...
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

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 in...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he went to his father's house at Ophrah ,.... Which, according to Bunting a, was ten miles from Shechem: and slew his brethren the sons of Jer...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, [being] threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwi...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He went and slew his brethren The persons who were most likely to hinder him in establishing his tyranny. Threescore and ten Wanting one, as is h...
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-pleasi...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Usurpation of Abimelech. B. C. 1209. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The sons of Jerubbaal; the only persons who were likely to hinder him in establishing his tyranny. Threescore and ten persons; wanting one, who i...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And he went to his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, being seventy persons, on one stone. But Jotham, the yo...
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...
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 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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Abimelech Becomes King
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren, the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, draggi...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

His brethren — The only persons who were likely to hinder him in establishing his tyranny. Threescore and ten — Wanting one, who is here expressed....

⁵ And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.

Related Commentaries of Judges 9:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy 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

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Judges 9:5