Judges 9:56

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

Judges 9:56 in Other Translations

56 Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:

56 Thus God returned the evil of Abimelech, which he committed against his father in killing his seventy brothers.

56 In this way, God punished Abimelech for the evil he had done against his father by murdering his seventy brothers.

56 God avenged the evil Abimelech had done to his father, murdering his seventy brothers.

56 In this way, the evil that Abimelech had done against his father, by killing his 70 brothers, God turned back on him.

Judges 9:56 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 9:56

Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech which he did
unto his father
To the disgrace of his father's character, and to the hurt of his father's family:

in slaying his seventy brethren;
excepting one, which was a piece of unheard of wickedness, attended with most sad aggravations; the shedding such blood required blood to be shed again, and it was righteous judgment God rendered to him; this, and the following verse contain the remarks made upon this history by the writer of it, who, as we have seen, in all probability, was the Prophet Samuel.

Judges 9:56 In-Context

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.