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Judges 9:53

Judges 9:53
And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Then he called hastily to the young man his armourbearer,.... Perceiving it was a mortal blow that was given him, and he should soon expire; and that the cast of the stone was by the hand of a woman,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The phrase “all” to is now obsolete, and means “quite,” “entirely,” as in Chaucer, Spenser, and Milton.

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

upper millstone lit. -millstone of riding"; i.e. the upper stone of a mill turned by a handle, the lower stone being stationary. In Palestine the grinding of corn for the household was, and still is,…