Judges 9:33

And in the morning at sunrise, get up and advance against the city. When Gaal and his men come out against you, do to them whatever you are able.”

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

And it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon the city: and, behold, when he and the people that is with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find occasion.

In Context

32Now then, tonight you and the people with you are to come and lie in wait in the fields.

34So Abimelech and all his troops set out by night and lay in wait against Shechem in four companies.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 10:7When these signs have come, do as the occasion demands, for God is with you.

Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.

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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