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Judges 9:56

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

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Judges 9:56 in other translations

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 context

  1. 54Then he called hastily unto the young man his armorbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and kill me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.
  2. 55And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place.
  3. 56Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren;
  4. 57and all the wickedness of the men of Shechem did God requite upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.