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The Curse of Salt
Commentators explain that sowing a city with salt was a powerful symbolic act. It wasn't primarily about making the ground infertile, but about expressing extreme hatred and condemning the city to perpetual desolation. This curse, seen in other historical events, signified a desire that the city should never be rebuilt.
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Albert Barnes
On Judges 9:45
18th Century
Theologian
Sowed it with salt - Expressing by this action his hatred, and his wish, that when utterly destroyed as a city, it might not even be a fruit…
Charles Ellicott
On Judges 9:45
19th Century
Bishop
Beat down the city. —Compare 2 Samuel 17:13; Micah 3:12.
Sowing it with salt—nothing could more clear…
John Gill
On Judges 9:45
17th Century
Pastor
And Abimelech fought against the city all that day By throwing stones or arrows into it: and he took the city ; it …
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Matthew Henry
On Judges 9:30–49
17th Century
Minister
Abimelech intended to punish the Schechemites for slighting him now, but God punished them for their serving him formerly in the murder of Gideon's…