55And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place.
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Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall. …
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.
And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 50-57)We have seen the ruin of the Shechemites completed by the hand of Abimelech; and now it comes to his turn to be reckoned with who was their leader in villany. Thebez was a small city, probably not far from Shechem, dependent upon it, and in confederacy with it. Now, I. Abimelech attempted the destruction of this city (Jdg. 9:50), drove all the inhabitants of the town into the castle, or citadel, J…
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