Judges 9:32

And now rise up by night, thou and the people with thee, and lay wait in the field.

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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 messengers to Abimelech secretly, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren are come to Shechem; and behold, they have besieged the city against thee.

33And it shall come to pass in the morning at sunrising, thou shalt rise up early and draw toward the city; and behold, he and the people with him will come forth against thee, and thou shalt do to him according to thy power.

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Cross References

Joshua 8:3And Joshua and all the men of war rose to go up to Ai; and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men, and he sent them away by night.

Job 24:14But having known their works, he delivered them into darkness: 1 And in the night one will be as a thief: 1

Proverbs 1:11If they should exhort thee, saying, Come with us, partake in blood, 1 And let us unjustly hide the just man in the earth: 1

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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