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Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.
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The Expanding Conflict
Commentators explain that Thebez was a city near Shechem, likely part of the same rebellious league. Abimelech's attack was not random but a direct continuation of his campaign to crush the uprising that began in Shechem, showing the conflict had spread.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The men of Thebez (modern Tubas) had, no doubt, joined the Shechemites in their rebellion against Abimelech.
19th Century
Anglican
Thebez. —One of the cities in the league of “Baal of the Covenant,” perhaps, Tubas, ten miles north-east of Shechem, on a…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then went Abimelech to Thebez Which, according to Ben Gersom, had rebelled against him; it was near to Shechem. Adri…
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