Judges 9:55 When the Israelites saw that Abimelek was dead, they went home.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
When the Israelites saw that Abimelek was dead, they went home.

English Standard Version
And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, everyone departed to his home.

New American Standard Bible
When the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, each departed to his home.

King James Bible
And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they all went home.

International Standard Version
When the men of Israel noticed that Abimelech was dead, they each left for home.

American Standard Version
And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he was dead, all the men of Israel that were with him, returned to their homes.

Darby Bible Translation
And when the men of Israel saw that Abim'elech was dead, they departed every man to his home.

Young's Literal Translation
And the men of Israel see that Abimelech is dead, and go each one to his place;

Cross References

Judges 9:54
Then he called hastily to the young man his armor bearer, and said to him, Draw your sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A women slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.

Judges 9:56
Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father, in slaying his seventy brothers:

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

9:50-57 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 doctrine of the deceitfulness and desperate wickedness of the human heart, the force of men's lust, and the effect of Satan's influence. Lord, thou has given us thy word of truth and righteousness, O pour upon us thy spirit of purity, peace, and love, and write thy holy law in our hearts.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

51-53. all the men and women, … gat them up to the top of the tower—The Canaanite forts were generally mountain fastnesses or keeps, and they often had a strong tower which served as a last refuge. The Assyrian bas-reliefs afford counterparts of the scene here described so vivid and exact, that we might almost suppose them to be representations of the same historic events. The besieged city—the strong tower within—the men and women crowding its battlements—the fire applied to the doors, and even the huge fragments of stone dropping from the hands of one of the garrison on the heads of the assailants, are all well represented to the life—just as they are here described in the narrative of inspired truth [Goss].