Judges 9:56

“Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech which he did unto his father, etc.] To the disgrace of his father’s character, and to the hurt of his father’s family: in slaying his seventy brethren; excepting one, which was a piece of unheard of wickedness, attended with most sad aggravations; the shedding such blood required blood to be shed again, and it was righteous judgment God rendered to him; this, and the following verse contain the remarks made upon this history by the writer of it, who, as we have seen, in all probability, was the Prophet Samuel.”

“Wickedness - In rooting out, as far as he could, the name and memory of his father. Judges 9:57”

“God rendered: Both the fratricide Abimelech and the unprincipled men of Shechem had the iniquity visited upon them of which they had been guilty. Man's judgment may be avoided; but there is no escape from that of God. How many houses have been sown with salt in France, by the just judgment of God, for the massacre of the Protestants on the eve of St. Bartholomew! See note on Jdg 9:45. Jdg 9:24; Job 31:3; Psa 9:12, Psa 11:6, Psa 58:10, Psa 58:11, Psa 94:23; Pro 5:22; Mat 7:2; Act 28:4; Gal 6:7; Rev 19:20, Rev 19:21 Judges 9:57”