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Judges 9:56

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Thus God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father in killing his seventy brothers;

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Judges 9:56 in other translations

Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren;

Judges 9:56 · American Standard Version

Judges 9:56 in context

  1. 54Then he called hastily to the young man, his armor bearer, and said to him, “Draw your sword and kill me, that men not say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’ His young man thrust him through, and he died.”
  2. 55When the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they each departed to his place.
  3. 56Thus God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father in killing his seventy brothers;
  4. 57and God repaid all the wickedness of the men of Shechem on their heads; and the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal came on them.