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Selected Verse: Judges 9:53 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
Jud 9:53	King James	And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
The phrase "all" to is now obsolete, and means "quite," "entirely," as in Chaucer, Spenser, and Milton.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

The phrase "all" to is now obsolete, and means "quite," "entirely," as in Chaucer, Spenser, and Milton.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Mill - stone - Such great stones no doubt they carried up with them, whereby they might defend themselves, or offend those who assaulted them. Here the justice of God is remarkable in suiting the punishment to his sin. He slew his brethren upon a stone, Jdg 9:5, and he loseth his own life by a stone.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Mill - stone - Such great stones no doubt they carried up with them, whereby they might defend themselves, or offend those who assaulted them. Here the justice of God is remarkable in suiting the punishment to his sin. He slew his brethren upon a stone, Jdg 9:5, and he loseth his own life by a stone.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
A piece of a millstone - פלח רכב pelach recheb, a piece of a chariot wheel; but the word is used in other places for upper millstones, and is so understood here by the Vulgate, Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic. And all to break his skull - A most nonsensical version of ותרץ את גלגלתו vattarits eth gulgolto, which is literally, And she brake, or fractured, his skull. Plutarch, in his life of Pyrrhus, observes that this king was killed at the siege of Thebes, by a piece of a tile, which a woman threw upon his head.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

A piece of a millstone - פלח רכב pelach recheb, a piece of a chariot wheel; but the word is used in other places for upper millstones, and is so understood here by the Vulgate, Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic.

And all to break his skull - A most nonsensical version of ותרץ את גלגלתו vattarits eth gulgolto, which is literally, And she brake, or fractured, his skull. Plutarch, in his life of Pyrrhus, observes that this king was killed at the siege of Thebes, by a piece of a tile, which a woman threw upon his head.

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