Judges 9:51
But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
And Abimelech came unto the tower,.... With his army to besiege it:
and fought against it; using all the methods he could to oblige those in it to surrender:
and went hard unto the door of the…
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…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
and all they of the city (even) all the citizens of the city, the same word as that translated menin Jdg 9:9 (see note), Jdg 9:23; Jdg 9:26 etc.; andshould be omitted, unless citizensmeans -the chief…