Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
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Gill's Exposition
Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth?.... The same with Jerubbaal, who was Gideon, Jdg 6:32; Baal, one part of his name, was the name of an idol, and sometimes called Bosheth or Besheth, which…
Barnes' Notes
Who smote Abimelech ... - This reference indicates the existence in David’s time of the national annals of that period in an accessible form, and the king’s habit of reading, or having read to him,…
When David's project of fathering the child upon Uriah himself failed, so that, in process of time, Uriah would certainly know the wrong that had been done him, to prevent the fruits of his revenge,…
Cambridge Bible
Who smote Abimelech See Jdg 9:50-54. This reference is interesting, as shewing a familiarity with the history of the time of the Judges; but whether it was preserved by written annals or by oral…
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