King James Version
Judges 9:56 in the King James Version says “Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:” — study this verse from Judges chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:”
Judges 9:56 · KJV
Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer , and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.
And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place.
Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“rendered”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
“Thus God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“of Abimelech”
H40abimelek, the name of two philistine kings and of two israelites
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“unto his father”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“brethren”
H251a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001])
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