1 Kings 22:35; 1 Kings 22:36; 2 Samuel 18:16; 2 Samuel 20:21; 2 Samuel 20:22; Proverbs 22:10
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 hi...
And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place.
Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew...
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...
Men of Israel ] see on Judges 9:22 . The Israelites have supported Abimelech against their common foes.
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...
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...
The closing statement of the previous chapter constitutes the introduction to this. The words, "As soon as Gideon was dead" and the declaration that...
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...
And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead ,.... That is, those that were with him, the men of his army, who were all Israelites: they...
And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place. Ver. 55. They departed every man to his place. ] T...
The Death of Abimelech. B. C. 1206. ...
No text from Poole on this verse.
‘ And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man to his place.' Once Abimelech was dead there was little point i...
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...
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,...
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 End of Abimelech
And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place. The siege was raised and the dead chieftain forsaken....
55 And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place.