Judges 9:52

And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Went hard unto the door ... - i. e. went close to the door. An act of manifest danger, seeing the roof was covered with persons who would be like...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

hard . close.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Went hard unto the door. — Hard, i.e., close. Like other bad men, Abimelech was not lacking in physical courage. He had all his father’s impetuou...
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 Abimelech came unto the tower ,.... With his army to besiege it: and fought against it ; using all the methods he could to oblige those in it...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire. Ver. 52. And went hard un...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Death of Abimelech. B. C. 1206. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And Abimelech came to the tower, and fought against it, and went hard to the door of the tower to burn it with fire.' Whatever Abimelech was he...
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

The End of Abimelech
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire, thereby stepping closely to...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 14:10 ; 2 Kings 15:16 ; Judges 9:48 ; Judges 9:49

⁵² And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.

Related Commentaries of Judges 9:52

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes 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

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 9:52