Judges 9:54
Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer , and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.
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Gill's Exposition
And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead,.... That is, those that were with him, the men of his army, who were all Israelites:
they departed every man to his place; disbanded…
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
armourbearer Cf. Jdg 7:10 f., 1Sa 31:4.
and kill me and dispatch me, i.e. give the death stroke; cf. 1Sa 14:13; 1Sa 17:51, especially 2Sa 1:9 f. The first aspirant to kingship and the first real king…