He took the people and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field; and he looked, and behold, the people came out of the city. So, he rose up against them and struck them.
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He took the people and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field; and he looked, and behold, the people came out of the city. So, he rose up against them and struck them.
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And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them.
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And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and lay in wait in the field; and he looked, and, behold, the people were coming forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Which were in his company.
Which were in his company.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 9:43 And he took the people, and divided…
Jdg 9:43 And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people [were] come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them.
Ver. 43. Were come forth out of the city.] As ambitious of their own destruction. Judgments need not go to find out wicked persons; they run to meet their bane.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Three companies; whereof he kept one with himself, Jdg…
Three companies; whereof he kept one with himself, Jdg 9:44, and put the rest under other commanders.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Abimelech, and the company that was with him,....…
And Abimelech, and the company that was with him,.... Which he had the particular command of; or "the heads" (m), for in the company with him, as Kimchi observes, were great men; and so the Septuagint renders it, the princes that were with him:
rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city; to prevent the people that were in the field getting into it, and any from coming out of it to their relief:
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and the two other companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them; so that by this means none escaped.
(m) "et capita", Pagninus, Montanus, Drusius; "et principes", Vatablus.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Three companies - Whereof he kept one with himself,…
Three companies - Whereof he kept one with himself, ver. 44, and put the rest under other commanders.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 43. three companies] Cf. Jdg_7:16.
43. three companies] Cf. Jdg_7:16.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (43) Into three companies.—Why he only made three companies…
(43) Into three companies.—Why he only made three companies this time can only be matter of conjecture.
He rose up against them, and smote them.—He was evidently a man of ruthlessly vindictive temperament, for these people whom he slew were mere husbandmen, not an armed host.
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