Jueces 9:42

42 Al día siguiente, la gente de Siquem salió a los campos para pelear. Cuando Abimelec se enteró,

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sow, which quickly came on after the vintage was ended; find this they might do the more securely, since Abimelech had withdrawn himself and his forces to his place of habitation, and so concluded he would not soon at least return to them; and the rather they might think he would be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

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FOOTNOTES:

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

Jueces 9:42 In-Context

40 Pero Abimelec lo persiguió, y muchos de los hombres de Siquem cayeron heridos por el camino cuando se retiraban hacia la entrada de la ciudad.

41 Entonces Abimelec regresó a Aruma, y Zebul expulsó de Siquem a Gaal y a sus hermanos.

42 Al día siguiente, la gente de Siquem salió a los campos para pelear. Cuando Abimelec se enteró,

43 dividió a sus hombres en tres grupos y tendió una emboscada en los campos. Cuando vio que algunos hombres salían de la ciudad, él y su grupo saltaron de su escondite y los atacaron.

44 Abimelec y sus hombres tomaron por asalto la puerta de la ciudad para impedir que los de Siquem volvieran a entrar, mientras los otros dos grupos de Abimelec mataban a la gente en los campos.