Giudici 9:42

42 Il giorno seguente, il popolo di Sichem uscì alla campagna; e Abimelec ne fu informato.

Giudici 9:42 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 9:42

And it came to pass on the morrow
The day after the battle:

that the people went out into the field;
some think to fight, and try the event of another battle, in order to be freed from Abimelech, but that seems not so likely: rather to finish their vintage, as Josephus {l}, or to till their ground, to plough and sow, which quickly came on after the vintage was ended; find this they might do the more securely, since Abimelech had withdrawn himself and his forces to his place of habitation, and so concluded he would not soon at least return to them; and the rather they might think he would be more easy, with then, since Gaal was thrust out from among them:

and they told Abimelech;
or it was told Abimelech, that the people came out into the field, and so an opportunity offered to him to come and cut them off, as they were at their business unarmed.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 Antiqu. l. 5. c. 7. sect. 4.

Giudici 9:42 In-Context

40 Ma Abimelec gli diè la caccia, ed egli fuggì d’innanzi a lui, e molti uomini caddero morti fino all’ingresso della porta.

41 E Abimelec si fermò ad Aruma, e Zebul cacciò Gaal e i suoi fratelli, che non poteron più rimanere a Sichem.

42 Il giorno seguente, il popolo di Sichem uscì alla campagna; e Abimelec ne fu informato.

43 Egli prese allora la sua gente, la divise in tre schiere, e fece un’imboscata ne’ campi; e quando vide che il popolo usciva dalla città, gli si levò contro e ne fece strage.

44 Poi Abimelec e la gente che avea seco si slanciarono e vennero a porsi all’ingresso della porta della città, mentre le altre due schiere si gettarono su tutti quelli che erano nella campagna, e ne fecero strage.