When the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they each departed to his place.
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When the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they each departed to his place.
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And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place.
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And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place.
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Passages linked to Judges 9:55 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Samuel 18:16 Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held the people back.
- Proverbs 22:10 Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop.
- 2 Samuel 20:21-22 The matter is not so. But a man of the hill country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, even against David. Just deliver him, and I will depart from the city.” The woman said to Joab, “Behold, his head will be thrown to you over the wall.” Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. They cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. He blew the trumpet, and they were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. Then Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
- 1 Kings 22:35-36 The battle increased that day. The king was propped up in his chariot facing the Syrians, and died at evening. The blood ran out of the wound into the bottom of the chariot. A cry went throughout the army about the going down of the sun, saying, “Every man to his city, and every man to his country!”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 9:55 And when the men of Israel saw…
Jdg 9:55 And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place.
Ver. 55. They departed every man to his place.] They stayed not to take the tower, and to revenge their lord’s death, but haply were glad they were rid of such a tyrant.
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“ Cure mors crudelem rapuisset saeva Neronem,
Credibile est multos Romam agitasse iocos.”
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech which he…
Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech which he did unto his father,.... To the disgrace of his father's character, and to the hurt of his father's family:
in slaying his seventy brethren; excepting one, which was a piece of unheard of wickedness, attended with most sad aggravations; the shedding such blood required blood to be shed again, and it was righteous judgment God rendered to him; this, and the following verse contain the remarks made upon this history by the writer of it, who, as we have seen, in all probability, was the Prophet Samuel.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 55. the men of Israel] Though A. was only…
55. the men of Israel] Though A. was only half an Israelite, his force was made up of Israelites; he put himself at the head of the Israelite enterprise against the Canaanites—such were the natives of Thebez; and with his death united action of this kind seems to have ceased.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (55) They departed.—The death of a leader was generally…
(55) They departed.—The death of a leader was generally sufficient to break up an ancient army (1Sa_17:51). “With Abimelech expired this first abortive attempt at monarchy. . . . The true King of Israel is still far in the distance” (Stanley).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The men of Israel Abimelech"s followers (see ver. 22).
The men of Israel Abimelech"s followers (see ver. 22).
Without a leader.
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Nothing is more striking than the contrast between the conduct of mercenary or coerced soldiers in such circumstances and that of men inspired by noble enthusiasm and great principles.
I THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THE DEATH OF SOVEREIGNS, etc. APPEAR AS NATIONAL JUDGMENTS, OVERAWING MEN"S HEARTS AND SEARCHING THEIR CONSCIENCES. Did rot Israel feel now what a fool"s errand it had been going? What better could it do in its irresolution and dismay than retire into privacy, and there in penitence and prayer await the new unfoldings of God"s purpose?
II ONLY A GREAT CAUSE CAN KEEP TOGETHER THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR NATURAL BOND AND AUTHORITY. Self-interest, fear, absence of common enthusiasm, scattered the army of the dead Abimelech. So shall misfortune and Divine judgments break up the confederacies of the wicked. "The stars in their courses fought against Sisera." But the Church of Christ can never be leaderless. "Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.
III THE INFLUENCE OF THE WICKED SOON PERISHES. There is no talisman in the name of the son of Shechem now that he is dead. His body is left to the wolves and vultures. Only "the memory of the just smells sweet, and blossoms in the dust." The saintly departed rule us from their graves. The name of the Crucified an eternal, infinite power. M.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 "70" (See: Numbers)
seventy
"70" (See: Numbers)
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made all the evil of the men of Shechem turn back on their own heads
"Evil turn back on their heads" here is an idiom. AT: "punished the men of Shechem for all the evil they had done" (See: Idiom)
on them came the curse of Jotham son of Jerub Baal
This is an idiom. AT: "the curse of Jotham son of Jerub Baal happened to them" (See: Idiom)
Jerub Baal
This is another name for Gideon. See how you translated this name in Judges 6:32.
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Israel
Abimelech
God
avenge
evil
Shechem
head
curse
Jotham
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