Judges 9:50

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

And Abimelech went to Thebez, and he encamped against Thebez and took it.

Latin

Abimelech autem inde proficiscens venit ad oppidum Thebes, quod circumdans obsidebat exercitu.

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Judges 9:50

Thebez was a fortress located a few miles northeast of Shechem. Abimelech was likely trying to take back Thebez, but he might have been attempting to capture it for the first time.

Judges 9:22–57

Theological statements in Judges 9:23–24 and 9:56–57 frame the story of the civil conflict that caused the destruction of Abimelech and Shechem. This event fulfilled the curse that Jotham declared (Judges 9:19–20).

Judges 9:1–57

Abimelech's reign marked a shift from the relative peace of the early judges (Judges 3:7–8:35) to the decline of the later years (10:1–16:31).

Theme notes and profiles

Gideon Shechem