Judges 9:55

55 When the people of Israel saw he was dead, they went home.

Judges 9:55 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 9:55

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 themselves, and went everyone to their own home, and so the inhabitants of Thebez escaped the vengeance of Abimelech.

Judges 9:55 In-Context

53 But a woman dropped a large millstone on him. It broke his head open.

54 He quickly called out to the man who was carrying his armor. He said, "Pull out your sword and kill me. Then people can't say, 'A woman killed him.' " So his servant stuck his sword through him. And Abimelech died.

55 When the people of Israel saw he was dead, they went home.

56 That's how God paid Abimelech back for the evil thing he had done to his father. He had murdered his 70 brothers.

57 God also made the men of Shechem pay for all of the evil things they had done. The curse of Jotham came down on them. He was the son of Jerub-Baal.