Judges 9:40 meaning and explanation
but Abimelech pursued him, and Gaal fled before him. And many Shechemites fell wounded all the way to the entrance of the gate.
Judges 9:40, Berean Standard Bible
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Abimelech, son of Gideon, has seized kingship by murdering his brothers, and Shechem, his mother's city, first backed him and then turned against him. Gaal son of Ebed had boasted that he could remove Abimelech, but when the fighting came, Gaal fled and the men of Shechem fell wounded along the road back to the city gate.
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