38
And Zebul said to him, And where is thy mouth as thou spokest, Who is Abimelech that we should serve him? not this the people whom thou despisedst? go forth now, and set the battle in array against him.
39
And Gaal went forth before the men of Sychem, and set the battle in array against Abimelech.
40
And Abimelech pursued him, and he fled from before him; and many fell down slain as far as the door of the gate.
41
And Abimelech entered into Arema, and Zebul cast out Gaal and his brethren, so that they should not dwell in Sychem.
42
And it came to pass on the second day that the people went out into the field, and brought word to Abimelech.
43
And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and formed an ambush in the field; and he looked, and, behold, the people went forth out of the city, and he rose up against them, and smote them.
44
And Abimelech and the chiefs of companies that were with him rushed forward, and stood by the door of the gate of the city; and the two companies rushed forward upon all that were in the field, and smote them.
45
And Abimelech fought against the city all that day, and took the city, and slew the people that were in it, and destroyed the city, and sowed it with salt.
46
And all the men of the tower of Sychem heard, and came to the gathering of Baethel-berith.
47
And it was reported to Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Sychem were gathered together.
48
And Abimelech went up to the mount of Selmon, and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a branch of a tree, and took it, and laid it on his shoulders; and said to the people that were with him, What ye see me doing, do quickly as I.