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Judges 9:56
Thus God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father in killing his seventy brothers;
Judges 9:56 · World English Bible
Judges 9:56 in other translations
Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
In this way God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father in murdering his seventy brothers.
Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father, in killing his seventy brothers;
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In context
53 A certain woman cast an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, and broke his skull.
54 Then he called hastily to the young man, his armor bearer, and said to him, “Draw your sword and kill me, that men not say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’ His young man thrust him through, and he died.”
55 When the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they each departed to his place.
56 Thus God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father in killing his seventy brothers;
57 and God repaid all the wickedness of the men of Shechem on their heads; and the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal came on them.
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