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Judges 9:44

in Judges 9

Then Abimelech and the companies with him rushed forward and took their stand at the entrance of the city gate. The other two companies rushed against all who were in the fields and struck them down.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Abimelech, and the companies that were with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city: and the two companies rushed upon all that were in the field, and smote them.

KJV

And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two other companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them.

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This verse in Judges 9

Commentary

4 notes on this verse
This verse explains the purpose of both the present and the former division of Abimelech’s forces into several companies, namely, that while some of the companies attacked the men of Shechem in the field, another company, starting from their ambush, might occupy the approach to the city gate, and so cut off their retreat.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And Abimelech, and the company that was with him,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

(3.) He then fell upon the city itself, and, with a rage reaching up to heaven, though it was the place of his nativity, laid it in ruins, slew all the people, beat down all the buildings, and, in token of his desire that it might be a perpetual desolation, sowed it with salt, that it might remain a lasting monument of the punishment of perfidiousness.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

The consequence was that he allowed himself to be drawn into an ambush, was defeated, the city of Shechem destroyed and strewn with salt. The people took refuge in the stronghold, which was set on fire, and all in it perished.

The words behind it

17 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַאֲבִימֶ֗לֶךְand Abimelech

    vaavimelekhH40 →66 times

  • וְהָרָאשִׁים֙and the companies

    veharashimH7218 →599 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • עִמּ֔וֹ[were] with him

    imoH5973 →1050 times

  • פָּשְׁט֕וּthey made a raid

    pashetuH6584 →43 times

  • וַיַּ֣עַמְד֔וּand they stood

    vaiyaamduH5975 →521 times

  • פֶּ֖תַח[the] entrance of

    petachH6607 →164 times

  • שַׁ֣עַר[the] gate of

    shaarH8179 →374 times

  • הָעִ֑ירthe city

    hairH5892 →1090 times

  • וּשְׁנֵ֣יand [the] two

    usheneiH8147 →768 times

  • הָֽרָאשִׁ֗יםthe companies

    harashimH7218 →599 times

  • פָּֽשְׁט֛וּthey made a raid

    pashetuH6584 →43 times

  • עַֽל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥ר[those] who

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • בַּשָּׂדֶ֖ה[were] in the field

    basadehH7704 →334 times

  • וַיַּכּֽוּם׃and they struck down them

    vaiyakumH5221 →499 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

3 in all, six open

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Galatians 5:15

    But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.

    it leads to

    • 1 Corinthians 3:3

      for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?

    • James 3:14

      But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.

    • Galatians 5:26

      Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.

    • 2 Corinthians 11:20

      In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or exalts himself or strikes you in the face.

    • 2 Corinthians 12:20

      For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage,…

  • Through

    Judges 9:15

    But the thornbush replied, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the…

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 30:2

      They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade.

    • Judges 9:20

      But if not, may fire come from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo, and may fire come from the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo and consume Abimelech.”

  • Through

    Judges 9:20

    But if not, may fire come from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo, and may fire come from the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo and consume Abimelech.”

    it leads to

    • Judges 9:15

      But the thornbush replied, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the…

About Judges

The Death of Gideon's Sons — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Death of Gideon's Sons — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Judges: the study guide →Read Judges 9 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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