Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.
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Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.
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And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.
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And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain As their captain.
As their captain.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 9:39 And Gaal went out before the men…
Jdg 9:39 And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.
Ver. 39. And Gaal went out.] Zebul’s taunts had made him ashamed to retire: but God had a special hand in it, for his just punishment. That is a true saying of one, Where iniquity breaketh fast, calamity will be sure to dine; to sup where it dineth, and to lodge where it suppeth.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him,....…
And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him,.... Abimelech got the better of him in the battle, and obliged him to give way, and he pursued him closely as he was fleeing:
and many were overthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the gate; or, "they fell many wounded" (k), or slain, as the Targum; that is, many were killed and wounded, as in the battle, so in the pursuit, and lay all the way to the entrance into the gate of the city, to which Gaal, and the men of Shechem, made for their safety, and got in.
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(k) "et ceciderant vulnerati multi", Pagninus, Montanus.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 39. Gaal went out before the men of Shechem…
39. Gaal went out before the men of Shechem — It must have been a hasty gathering and a hurried advance, so that they were ill prepared to meet Abimelech.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (39) Before the men of Shechem.—Not merely “in the…
(39) Before the men of Shechem.—Not merely “in the presence of the Shechemites,” as some of the versions understand it, but as leader of the “lords” of Shechem. (Comp. Jdg_9:23.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Before the men of Shechem, i.e. at their head,…
Before the men of Shechem, i.e. at their head, as their leader, as the phrase not uncommonly means. (Gen_33:3 Exo_13:21)
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