Judges 9:55

55 When the Israelites saw that Abimelek was dead, they went home.

Judges 9:55 in Other Translations

55 And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place.

55 And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, everyone departed to his home.

55 When Abimelech’s men saw that he was dead, they disbanded and returned to their homes.

55 When the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they went home.

55 When the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they all 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 a woman dropped an upper millstone on his head and cracked his skull.

54 Hurriedly he called to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and kill me, so that they can’t say, ‘A woman killed him.’ ” So his servant ran him through, and he died.

55 When the Israelites saw that Abimelek was dead, they went home.

56 Thus God repaid the wickedness that Abimelek had done to his father by murdering his seventy brothers.

57 God also made the people of Shechem pay for all their wickedness. The curse of Jotham son of Jerub-Baal came on them.