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Judges - ch 9 v 21 - 40

  1. Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and lived there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
  2. Abimelech was prince over Israel three years.
  3. God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:
  4. that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and that their blood might be laid on Abimelech their brother, who killed them, and on the men of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to kill his brothers.
  5. The men of Shechem set an ambush for him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all who came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech.
  6. Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brothers, and went over to Shechem; and the men of Shechem put their trust in him.
  7. They went out into the field, and gathered their vineyards, and trod the grapes, and held festival, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.
  8. Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Isn't he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve you the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: but why should we serve him?
  9. Would that this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. He said to Abimelech, Increase your army, and come out.
  10. When Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.
  11. He sent messengers to Abimelech craftily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brothers are come to Shechem; and behold, they constrain the city to take part against you.
  12. Now therefore, up by night, you and the people who are with you, and lie in wait in the field:
  13. and it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, you shall rise early, and rush on the city; and behold, when he and the people who are with him come out against you, then may you do to them as you shall find occasion.
  14. Abimelech rose up, and all the people who were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.
  15. Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people who were with him, from the ambush.
  16. When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the tops of the mountains. Zebul said to him, You see the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.
  17. Gaal spoke again and said, Behold, there come people down by the middle of the land, and one company comes by the way of the oak of Meonenim.
  18. Then said Zebul to him, Where is now your mouth, that you said, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that you have despised? go out now, I pray, and fight with them.
  19. Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.
  20. Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and there fell many wounded, even to the entrance of the gate.
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