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Judges 9:39

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Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.

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Judges 9:39 in other translations

And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.

Judges 9:39 · American Standard Version

Judges 9:39 in context

  1. 37Gaal spoke again and said, “Behold, people are coming down by the middle of the land, and one company comes by the way of the oak of Meonenim.”
  2. 38Then Zebul said to him, “Now where is your mouth, that you said, ‘Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him?’ Isn’t this the people that you have despised? Please go out now and fight with them.”
  3. 39Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.
  4. 40Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many fell wounded, even to the entrance of the gate.
  5. 41Abimelech lived at Arumah; and Zebul drove out Gaal and his brothers, that they should not dwell in Shechem.