Judges 9:45
“And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that,.... That the city of Shechem was taken, the inhabitants of it…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Sowed it with salt - Expressing by this action his hatred, and his wish, that when utterly destroyed as a city, it might…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Judges 9:22-49
Three years Abimelech reigned, after a sort, without any disturbance; it is not said, He judged Israel, or did any…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
sowed it with salt Usually explained as a symbolic act shewing that A. had reduced the city to a salt, uninhabitable…
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