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Judges 9:50

Judges 9:50
Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

But there was a strong tower within the city,.... The tower of Shechem was without the city, but this within, as towers generally are:

and hither fled all the men and women, and all they of the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The men of Thebez (modern Tubas) had, doubtless, joined the Shechemites in their rebellion against Abimelech.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Judges 9:50-57

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…