Judges 9:42
The following day the people of Shechem went out to the fields, and Abimelech was informed about it.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech.
In Context
41Abimelech went back to Arumah while Zebul expelled Gaal and his relatives from Shechem.
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 →