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Judges 9:39
“Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.”
Verse in context — Judges 9
37
Gaal spoke again and said, "Behold, people are coming down by the middle of the land, and one company comes by the way of the oak of Meonenim.
38
Then Zebul said to him, "Now where is your mouth, that you said, 'Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him?' Isn't this the people that you have despised? Please go out now and fight with them.
39
Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.
40
Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many fell wounded, even to the entrance of the gate.
41
Abimelech lived at Arumah: and Zebul drove out Gaal and his brothers, that they should not dwell in Shechem.
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A cycle of sin, oppression, repentance, and deliverance in Israel’s early history.
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