Judges 9:40

40 Abimelech chased him, and Gaal turned tail and ran. Many fell wounded, right up to the city gate.

Judges 9:40 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 9:40

And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him
Abimelech got the better of him in the battle, and obliged him to give way, and he pursued him closely as he was fleeing:

and many were overthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the
gate;
or, "they fell many wounded" ^F11, or slain, as the Targum; that is, many were killed and wounded, as in the battle, so in the pursuit, and lay all the way to the entrance into the gate of the city, to which Gaal, and the men of Shechem, made for their safety, and got in.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 (Myllx wlpn) "et ceciderant vulnerati multi", Pagninus, Montanus.

Judges 9:40 In-Context

38 Zebul said, "Where is that big mouth of yours now? You who said, 'And who is Abimelech that we should take orders from him?' Well, there he is with the troops you ridiculed. Here's your chance. Fight away!"

39 Gaal went out, backed by the leaders of Shechem, and did battle with Abimelech.

40 Abimelech chased him, and Gaal turned tail and ran. Many fell wounded, right up to the city gate.

41 Abimelech set up his field headquarters at Arumah while Zebul kept Gaal and his relatives out of Shechem.

42 The next day the people went out to the fields. This was reported to Abimelech.