Abimelech came to the tower and fought against it, and came near to the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
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Abimelech came to the tower and fought against it, and came near to the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
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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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And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went close unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
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Passages linked to Judges 9:52 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Kings 15:16 Then Menahem attacked Tiphsah, and all who were in it, and its border areas, from Tirzah. He attacked it because they didn’t open their gates to him, and he ripped up all their women who were with child.
- Judges 9:48-49 Abimelech went up to Mount Zalmon, he and all the people who were with him; and Abimelech took an ax in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it up, and laid it on his shoulder. Then he said to the people who were with him, “What you have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done!” All the people likewise each cut down his bough, followed Abimelech, and put them at the base of the stronghold, and set the stronghold on fire over them, so that all the people of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.
- 2 Kings 14:10 You have indeed struck Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Enjoy the glory of it, and stay at home; for why should you meddle to your harm, that you fall, even you, and Judah with you?’ ”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 9:52 And Abimelech came unto the tower, and…
Jdg 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.
Ver. 52. And went hard unto the door.] This was not soldier-like, whose rule must be, Neque timide neque temere, Be neither timorous nor temerarious. See 2Sa 11:21. But Abimelech, lifted up with his former successes, thought, belike, he might do anything, and said within himself,
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“ Maior sum quam cui possit fortuna, nocere. ”
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And a certain woman cast a piece of a…
And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone,.... Of the upper millstone, as the word signifies, which is observed by Jarchi and other Jewish commentators; this with other stones being carried up to the top of the tower, to do what execution they could with them: and a woman observing Abimelech making up to the door of the tower, took up this piece of millstone, and threw it down
upon Abimelech's head, and all to break his skull; she did it with that view, though it may as well be rendered, or "she", or "it broke his skull" (r); it made a fracture in it, which was mortal. Abendana observes, and so others, that that was measure for measure, a righteous retaliation, that as he had slain seventy of his brethren on one stone, he should die by means of a stone.
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(r) "et confregit cranium ejus", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; so Tigurine version.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Went hard unto the door ... - i. e.…
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 likely to throw down missiles of all sorts on the heads of their assailants. But the hatred of Abimelech, and his thirst for revenge, made him despise danger.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (52) Went hard unto the door.—Hard, i.e., close. Like…
(52) 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 impetuous energy. The peril of such rashness served the Israelites as a perpetual warning (2Sa_11:21).
To burn it with fire.—He naturally anticipated another hideous success like that at Millo.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain To burn it with fire encouraged by his success…
To burn it with fire encouraged by his success at the tower of Shechem.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 fought against it
fought against it
"attacked it"
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upper millstone
Two large, flat, round stones were used to grind grain in a mill. An upper millstone was the top one that was rolled on the lower one to crush the grain in between them.
armor-bearer
This is the man who carried the weapons of Abimelech.
pierced him through
This means the young man put the sword right through the body of Abimelech.
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Abimelech
watchtower
armor
sword
die
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