Judges 9:32

Now therefore, go up by night, you and the people who are with you, and lie in 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

31He sent messengers to Abimelech craftily, saying, “Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brothers have come to Shechem; and behold, they incite the city against you.

33It shall be that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, you shall rise early and rush on the city. Behold, when he and the people who are with him come out against you, then may you do to them as you shall find occasion.”

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Cross References

Joshua 8:3So Joshua arose, with all the warriors, to go up to Ai. Joshua chose thirty thousand men, the mighty men of valor, and sent them out by night.

Job 24:14The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. In the night he is like a thief.

Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come with us. Let’s lie in wait for blood. Let’s lurk secretly for the innocent without cause.

Romans 3:15“Their feet are swift to shed 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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