Judges 9:39

39 So Gaal led the leading citizens of Shechem into battle against Abimelech.

Judges 9:39 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 9:39

And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem
At the head of them, to meet Abimelech, having gathered together as many, and put them in as good order, as he could, and the time would admit of:

and fought with Abimelech;
without the city.

Judges 9:39 In-Context

37 But again Gaal said, “No, people are coming down from the hills. And another group is coming down the road past the Diviners’ Oak. ”
38 Then Zebul turned on him and asked, “Now where is that big mouth of yours? Wasn’t it you that said, ‘Who is Abimelech, and why should we be his servants?’ The men you mocked are right outside the city! Go out and fight them!”
39 So Gaal led the leading citizens of Shechem into battle against Abimelech.
40 But Abimelech chased him, and many of Shechem’s men were wounded and fell along the road as they retreated to the city gate.
41 Abimelech returned to Arumah, and Zebul drove Gaal and his brothers out of Shechem.
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