Jueces 9:42

Listen to Jueces 9:42
42 Aconteci贸 al d铆a siguiente que el pueblo sali贸 al campo, y se lo hicieron saber a Abimelec.

Jueces 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sow, which quickly came on after the vintage was ended; find this they might do the more securely, since Abimelech had withdrawn himself and his forces to his place of habitation, and so concluded he would not soon at least return to them; and the rather they might think he would be more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.


FOOTNOTES:

F12 Antiqu. l. 5. c. 7. sect. 4.
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Jueces 9:42 In-Context

40 Abimelec lo persigui贸 pero Gaal huy贸 delante de 茅l; y muchos cayeron heridos hasta la entrada de la puerta.
41 Y Abimelec se qued贸 en Aruma, pero Zebul expuls贸 a Gaal y a sus parientes para que no se quedaran en Siquem.
42 Aconteci贸 al d铆a siguiente que el pueblo sali贸 al campo, y se lo hicieron saber a Abimelec.
43 Y 茅l tom贸 a su gente, la dividi贸 en tres compa帽铆as y puso emboscada en el campo; cuando mir贸 y vio al pueblo salir de la ciudad, se levant贸 contra ellos y los mat贸.
44 Entonces Abimelec y la compa帽铆a que estaba con 茅l se lanzaron con 铆mpetu y se situaron a la entrada de la puerta de la ciudad, y las otras dos compa帽铆as se lanzaron contra todos los que estaban en el campo y los mataron.
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