Judges 9:50

“Then went Abimelech to Thebez, etc.] Which, according to Ben Gersom, had rebelled against him; it was near to Shechem. Adrichomius says f212, the ruins, where he thinks stood the city of Thebez, were but one furlong from Neapolis or Shechem, where, to the left of Jacob’s well, were to be seen ruins of a large town, marble stones, whole pillars, and other signs of large palaces, and the soil wonderfully fruitful; and Jerome says f213 , that in his time there was a village called Thebes, on the borders of Neapolis or Shechem, as you go to Scythopolis, thirteen miles from it. It must be near Shechem, inhabited by Shechemites, to fulfil Jotham’s curse, (<070920>Judges 9:20) and encamped against…”

“ABIMELECH SLAIN. (Jdg 9:50-57) Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez--now Tubas--not far from Shechem.”

“The men of Thebez (modern Tubas) had, doubtless, joined the Shechemites in their rebellion against Abimelech. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Thebez - Another town near to Shechem; and, as it seems, within its territory. Judges 9:51”

“Thebez: According to Eusebius, thirteen miles from Shechem, towards Scythopolis. Jdg 9:50 Judges 9:52”

“At length the fate predicted by Jotham ( Jdg 9:20) overtook Abimelech. Jdg 9:50-54 He went from Shechem to Thebez, besieged the town, and took it. Thebez, according to the Onom. thirteen miles from Neapolis (Shechem) on the road to Scythopolis (Beisan), has been preserved in the large village of Tubs on the north of Shechem (see Rob. Pal. iii. p. 156, and Bibl. Res. p. 305). This town possessed a strong tower, in which men and women and all the inhabitants of the town took refuge and shut themselves in. But when Abimelech advanced to the tower and drew near to the door to set it on fire, a woman threw a millstone down upon him from the roof of the tower and smashed his skull, whereupon he…”