C. F. Keil and Franz Delitzsch on Judges 9:55-57

Jdg 9:55-57

After the death of Abimelech his army was dissolved. ישׂראל אישׁ are the Israelites who formed Abimelech’s army. In Jdg 9:56, Jdg 9:57, the historian closes this account with the remark, that in this manner God recompensed Abimelech and the citizens of Shechem, who had supported him in the murder of his brothers (Jdg 9:2), according to their doings. After the word “rendered” in Jdg 9:56 we must supply “upon his head,” as in Jdg 9:57. Thus Jotham’s curse was fulfilled upon Abimelech and upon the Shechemites, who had made him king.