Judges 9:42

And it comes to pass, on the next day, that the people go out to the field, and they declare [it] to Abimelech,

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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

41And Abimelech abides in Arumah, and Zebul casts out Gaal and his brothers from dwelling in Shechem.

43and he takes the people, and divides them into three detachments, and lays wait in a field, and looks, and behold, the people are coming out from the city, and he rises against them, and strikes them.

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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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