Judges 9:44 meaning and explanation
Then Abimelech and the companies with him rushed forward and took their stand at the entrance of the city gate. The other two companies rushed against all who were in the fields and struck them down.
Judges 9:44, Berean Standard Bible
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Abimelech, son of Gideon (Jerubbaal), seized kingship by murdering his seventy brothers and now attacks Shechem, the city that first backed him. In this verse his three companies carry out a coordinated ambush: one takes the city gate to cut off escape and reinforcement, while the other two strike the people working in the open fields.
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