Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 9:52
And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
Went hard unto the door … – i. e. went close to the door. An act of manifest danger, seeing the roof was covered with persons who would be likely to throw down missiles of all sorts on the heads of their assailants. But the hatred of Abimelech, and his thirst for revenge, made him despise danger.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
And Abimelech came unto the tower,…. With his army to besiege it:
and fought against it; using all the methods he could to oblige those in it to surrender:
and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire; in order to get entrance into it; and perhaps the tower was built of stone, so that no other part could be set fire to; and to do this he drew near to the door himself, for nothing more is meant by the phrase, “went hard”, than drawing near in his own person to the door; hazarding his life in the enterprise, being so bent upon it, thinking to do by this tower what he had done to the hold of the temple of Baalberith.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(52) Went hard unto the door.Hard, i.e., close. Like other bad men, Abimelech was not lacking in physical courage. He had all his fathers impetuous energy. The peril of such rashness served the Israelites as a perpetual warning (2Sa. 11:21).
To burn it with fire.He naturally anticipated another hideous success like that at Millo.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
‘ And Abimelech came to the tower, and fought against it, and went hard to the door of the tower to burn it with fire.’
Whatever Abimelech was he was not a coward and he took a full part in the attack. The door of the tower, as always, appears to have been its weak point and was made of wood, and it was thus inflammable. So he began, with his men, to prepare to burn it down and himself approached close to the door. This would be where the largest number of missiles would rain down, for it was the expected point of attack, but despite this he was in the forefront of the attack directing operations by example as he had at Shechem.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Jdg 9:52 And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
Ver. 52. And went hard unto the door. ] This was not soldier-like, whose rule must be, Neque timide neque temere, Be neither timorous nor temerarious. See 2Sa 11:21 . But Abimelech, lifted up with his former successes, thought, belike, he might do anything, and said within himself,
“ Maior sum quam cui possit fortuna, nocere. ”
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
hard = close.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Jdg 9:48, Jdg 9:49, 2Ki 14:10, 2Ki 15:16