And Abimelech came to the tower and fought against it and drew near to the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
Abimelech thought the tower at Thebez would fall as easily as the stronghold at Shechem, but he did not reckon that God had marked him for ruin. Those who prosper in one bold wickedness grow blind to their danger and rush headlong into the next. Evil pursues sinners, and sometimes catches them in their triumph.
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Commenting on Judges 9:50-57
A woman hurled an upper millstone from the tower and broke his skull, measure for measure, as the Jewish commentators note, since he had slain seventy brothers on one stone, he died by a stone. God keeps His reckoning exact.
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ABIMELECH SLAIN. (Jdg 9:50-57) Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez--now Tubas--not far from Shechem.
Commenting on Judges 9:50-57