Judges 9:56
54 He quickly called his armor-bearer, saying, “Draw your sword and kill me, lest they say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’” So Abimelech’s armor-bearer ran his sword through him, and he died.
55 And when the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they all went home.
In this way God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father in murdering his seventy brothers.
57 And God also brought all the wickedness of the men of Shechem back upon their own heads. So the curse of Jotham son of Jerubbaal came upon them.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- In this way God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father in murdering his seventy brothers.
- KJV
- Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
- WEB
- Thus God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father in killing his seventy brothers;
- ASV
- Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren;
- DARBY
- And God rendered back the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father in slaying his seventy brethren.
- BLB
- And God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he had done to his father by killing his seventy brothers.
- ÅB
- Slik gjengjeldte Gud all den ondskap som Abimelek gjorde mot sin far dengang han slo sine sytti brødre ihjel.
- OTB
- Slik gjengjeldte Gud ondskapen som Abimelek hadde gjort mot sin far ved å myrde sine sytti brødre.
- B1930
- Således gjengjeldte Gud all den ondskap som Abimelek gjorde mot sin far dengang han slo sine sytti brødre ihjel.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 94:23
He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.
Read in contextProverbs 5:22
The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
Read in contextPsalms 11:6
On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.
Read in contextPsalms 58:10–11
The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
Read in contextMatthew 7:2
For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
Read in contextGalatians 6:7
Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
Read in contextPsalms 9:12
For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
Read in contextJudges 9:24
in order that the crime against the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come to justice and their blood be avenged on their brother Abimelech and on the leaders of Shechem, who had helped him murder his brothers.
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