But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower.
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
And Abimelech came unto the tower,.... With his army to besiege it: and fought against it; using all the methods he could to oblige those in it to surrender: and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire; in order to get entrance into it; and perhaps the tower was built of stone, so that no other part could be...
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