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Judges 9:40 · KJV

“And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown {and} wounded, {even} unto the entering of the gate.”

— Judges 9:40

Verse 39

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

Verse 41

And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem.

Judges 9 — Context

38

Then said Zebul unto him, Where {is} now thy mouth, wherewith thou saidst, Who {is} Abimelech, that we should serve him? {is} not this the people that thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and fight with them.

39

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

40

And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown {and} wounded, {even} unto the entering of the gate.

41

And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem.

42

And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech.

Cross References

1 Kings 20:30

But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and {there} a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men {that were} left. And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber. {into an...: or, from chamber to chamber: Heb. into a chamber within a chamber}

1 Kings 20:18-21

And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.

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