士師記 9:55 RCUVTS

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Judges 9:1-57

GIDEON TO JAIR ABIMELECH’S USURPATION (Judges 9:1-6 ) The close of the last lesson shows idolatry creeping into Israel, the fruit of which is reaped in the years following. God is forgotten and Gideon also (Judges 8:34-35 ), the meaning of the last verse being interpreted by the story of Abimelech. This Abimelech fraternized with his nearest of kin, the relatives of his mother’s side (Judges 9:1-3 ), a striking instance, as one says, of the evils of polygamy, where one son of a father has... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Judges 9:1-57

Abimelech The Bramble King Judges 9:0 IS Abimelech dead? Has he reappeared in our own days? Or after the devil made Abimelech did he throw the mould away? These questions are not difficult. We can easily determine them, either in the positive or in the negative. It would be something worth doing to be able to establish as a fact the absolute certainty of the death of Abimelech and all his progeny. But we must take the evidence as we find it, and abide by the issue to which it points, whatever... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Judges 9:24-57

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 later, overtake the sinner. The Shechemites are first punished by the apparent victory of Abimelech, but this victory only becomes the prelude to the death of Abimelech: so that both fall by the just judgment of Almighty God. So true and final is that solemn sentence of God: Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Judges 9:50-57

50-57 The Shechemites were ruined by Abimelech; now he is reckoned with, who was their leader in villany. Evil pursues sinners, and sometimes overtakes them, when not only at ease, but triumphant. Though wickedness may prosper a while, it will not prosper always. The history of mankind, if truly told, would greatly resemble that of this chapter. The records of what are called splendid events present to us such contests for power. Such scenes, though praised of men, fully explain the Scripture... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Judges 9:46-57

The End of Abimelech v. 46. 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 the house of the god Berith, thinking they would be safe in the sanctuary, v. 47. And it was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together. v. 48. And Abimelech gat him up to Mount Zalmon, so called from its wooded heights, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Judges 9:42-57

The destruction of Shechem, and burning of the “Tower of Shechem.” The siege of Thebez, and Abimelech’s deathJudges 9:42-5742And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech. 43And he took the [i. e. his] people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and behold, the people were come [coming] forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them. 44And Abimelech, and the company [companies]... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Judges 9:41-57

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 worketh in the children of disobedience. Alas, similar atrocities are being perpetrated still, after all these centuries of what is called Christian civilization. But this Christianity is only a very shallow veneer, and when national passions break loose, there is little to choose between war today and in pre-Christian ages. Men have no right to attribute... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Judges 9:1-57

The closing statement of the previous chapter constitutes the introduction to this. The words, "As soon as Gideon was dead" and the declaration that then the people returned to evil courses reveal, first of all, the strength of Gideon and the fact that he had very largely exercised a benificent influence. They show, also, how practically worthless was the external obedience of the people. Judgment this time cake from within rather than from without. Abimelech, a natural son of Gideon, a man... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 9:55

‘ 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 in fighting on. The point at issue was decided. It would be up to Abimelech’s heirs whether they wished to press claims to princehood in Israel and the kingship of Shechem. read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 9:50-57

Judges 9:50-Philemon : . 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 his skull. That he might not be said to have died by a woman’ s hand he begged his armour-bearer to give him the coup de grace. His death scene is strikingly like that of Saul, in whose person the kingship was revived ( 2 Samuel 1:9). Judges 9:56 . The closing verses point the moral of a tale which Greek poets would have... read more