Richter 9:42

42 Am Morgen aber ging das Volk heraus aufs Feld. Da das Abimelech ward angesagt,

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sow, which quickly came on after the vintage was ended; find this they might do the more securely, since Abimelech had withdrawn himself and his forces to his place of habitation, and so concluded he would not soon at least return to them; and the rather they might think he would be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

Richter 9:42 In-Context

40 Aber Abimelech jagte ihn, daß er floh vor ihm; und fielen viel Erschlagene bis an die Tür des Tors.

41 Und Abimelech blieb zu Aruma. Sebul aber verjagte den Gaal und seine Brüder, die zu Sichem nicht durften bleiben.

42 Am Morgen aber ging das Volk heraus aufs Feld. Da das Abimelech ward angesagt,

43 nahm er das Kriegsvolk und teilte es in drei Haufen und machte einen Hinterhalt auf sie im Felde. Als er nun sah, daß das Volk aus der Stadt ging, erhob er sich über sie und schlug sie. {~}

44 Abimelech aber und die Haufen, die bei ihm waren, überfielen sie und traten an die Tür des Stadttors; und zwei der Haufen überfielen alle, die auf dem Felde waren, und schlugen sie.