Judges 9:32

So now, get up by night, you and your people, and keep watch in the field secretly;

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In The King James Version

Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field:

In Context

31And he sent to Abimelech at Arumah, saying, See, Gaal, the son of Ebed, and his brothers have come to Shechem, and they are working up the town against you.

33And in the morning, when the sun is up, get up early and make a rush on the town; and when he and his people come out against you, do to them whatever you have a chance to do.

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Cross References

Joshua 8:3So Joshua and the fighting-men got ready to go up against Ai; and Joshua took thirty thousand men of war, and sent them out by night.

Job 24:14He who is purposing death gets up before day, so that he may put to death the poor and those in need.

Proverbs 1:11If they say, Come with us; let us make designs against the good, waiting secretly for the upright, without cause;

Romans 3:15Their feet are quick in running after blood;

Matthew Henry on Judges 9:23-50

Gaal's Insurrection; Gaal's Defeat. ( b. c. 1206.) 22 When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel, 23 Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech: 24 That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren. 25 And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him… Read the whole commentary →

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