Judges 9:48
“And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech,.... With their boughs on their…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Zalmon - A lofty and thickly-wooded hill, as the etymology of the name (“shady”) implies, in the immediate neighborhood…
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
mount Zalmon An unknown hill hard by; in Psa 68:14 it is the name of a hill on the E. of the Jordan.
an axe The Hebr.…