士師記 9:50, 士師記 9:51 CUNPTS

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 9:50

‘ Then Abimelech went to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.’ The insurrection in Shechem had spread. Abimelech had not been reigning as a prince of Israel long and already there was general dissatisfaction. It was not only his kingship at Shechem, with their syncretistic beliefs, that was in question, but his princeship over his part of Israel. Thebez was a fortified city in the hill country of Ephraim. It is modern Tubas about ten miles (sixteen kilometres) north of Nablus and... 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

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Judges 9:50

Thebez; another town near to Shechem; and, as it seems, within its territory. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Judges 9:22-57

CHAPTER 9ABIMELECH’S TRAGIC BUT BRIEF HISTORY(Judges 9:22-57.)CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 9:22. Had reigned] ruled by force rather than by natural right, implying a hard, as opposed to a mild, rule. Over Israel]. Shechem in some measure represented Ephraim, and Ephraim in some degree represented Israel. Where one is active, and has a strong will, among many who are passive, his ascendency is practically acknowledged.Judges 9:23. God sent an evil spirit.] not evil temper or disposition, but a wicked... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Judges 9:1-57

Chapter 9Now here's what happened. After the death of Gideon, this Abimelech who was the son of his concubine in Shechem. Now you know, they used to say of the sailors "a girl in every port." Well, Gideon had probably a concubine in every city and so in Shechem this concubine who had born this fellow Abimelech.Abimelech came to the men of Shechem and he said, "Look, is it better that one man rule over you or seventy that rule over you? One man who is your brother who comes right of Shechem, who... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Judges 9:1-57

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, or their Baal, to which they made vows. Judges 9:5 . Slew threescore and ten upon one stone, as an offering to his God. It is a credit to the Hebrew religion, that Abimelech was an apostate. Judges 9:8 . The trees went forth to anoint a king. This parable seems to have been divinely inspired. The figures and all the drapery of diction,... read more