Who smote Abimelech ... - This reference indicates that in David’s time, the national annals of that period existed in an accessible form, a…

Who struck down Abimelech? —See Judges 9:53. Joab anticipated David’s anger at his apparent rashness, and charged the messenger, i…

Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth ?
&c.] The same with Jerubbaal, who was Gideon, (Judges 6:32…

Adulteries often lead to murders, and one wickedness is often covered by another. The beginnings of sin are greatly to be feared, for who knows whe…