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Judges 9:56 KJV
Judges · chapter 9 · verse 56
Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:Judges 9:56 · King James Version
Judges 9:56 in context
54Then 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 him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.
55And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place.
56Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
57And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- wickednessraʻbad or evilH7451 →
- AbimelechʼĂbîymelekAbimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two IsraelitesH40 →
- renderedshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
- slayinghâragto smite with deadly intentH2026 →
- seventyshibʻîymseventyH7657 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
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We have seen the ruin of the Shechemites completed by the hand of Abimelech; and now it comes to his turn to be reckoned with who was their leader in villany. Thebez was a small city, probably not far from Shechem, dependent upon it, and in confederacy with it. Now, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 50-57