Judges 9 · Verse 50

Judges 9:50

Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.
Judges 9:50, King James Version

Judges 9:50 in other translations

BSBThen Abimelech went to Thebez, encamped against it, and captured it.
WEBThen Abimelech went to Thebez and encamped against Thebez, and took it.
ASVThen went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.
YLTAnd Abimelech goeth unto Thebez, and encampeth against Thebez, and captureth it,
DARBYAnd Abimelech went to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.
BBEThen Abimelech went to Thebez, and put his army in position against Thebez and took it.
WebsterThen went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.

What does Judges 9:50 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

Jud 9:50-57. Abimelech Slain.

50. Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez--now Tubas--not far from Shechem.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 9:50-57
The Shechemites were ruined by Abimelech; now he is reckoned with, who was their leader in villany. Evil pursues sinners, and sometimes overtakes them, when not only at ease, but triumphant. Though wickedness may prosper a while, it will not prosper always. The history of mankind, if truly told, would greatly resemble that of this chapter. The records of what are called splendid events present to us such contests for power. Such scenes, though praised of men, fully explain the Scripture doctrine of the deceitfulness and desperate wickedness of the human heart, the force of men's lust, and the effect of Satan's influence. Lord, thou has given us thy word of truth and righteousness, O pour upon us thy spirit of purity, peace, and love, and write thy holy law in our hearts.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Judges 9:50 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֵּ֥לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhand he wentH1980
אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ'a.vi.Me.lekhAbimelechH40
אֶל\־'el-toH413
תֵּבֵ֑ץte.VetzThebezH8405
וַיִּ֥חַןvai.Yi.chanand he encampedH2583
בְּתֵבֵ֖ץbe.te.Vetzat ThebezH8405
וַֽיִּלְכְּדָֽהּ\׃Vai.yil.ke.Dahand he captured itH3920

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Thebez.According to Eusebius, thirteen miles from Shechem, towards Scythopolis.
50

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Judges 9:49

    And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.

  • Judges 9:50

    Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.

  • Judges 9:51

    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.

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Judges 9:50 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Después Abimelech se fué á Thebes; y puso cerco á Thebes, y tomóla.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Abimélec s’en alla à Thébets, et campa contre Thébets et la prit.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Abimelech zog nach Tebez, und er belagerte Tebez und nahm es ein.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Abimelech autem inde proficiscens venit ad oppidum Thebes, quod circumdans obsidebat exercitu.