47 When Abimelek heard that they had assembled there,
47 And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.
47 Abimelech was told that all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem were gathered together.
47 This was reported to Abimelech that the Shechem's Tower bunch were gathered together.
47 And it was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.
47 Someone reported to Abimelech that the citizens had gathered in the temple,
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Judges 9:47
Commentary on Judges 9:30-49
(Read Judges 9:30-49)
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 sons. When God uses men as instruments in his hand to do his work, he means one thing, and they another. That, which they hoped would have been for their welfare, proved a snare and a trap, as those will certainly find, who run to idols for shelter; such will prove a refuge of lies.