38 Then Zebul said to him, “Where then is your [a]boasting with which you said, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Is this not the people whom you rejected? Go out now and fight them!” 39 So Gaal went out [b]in the sight of the [c]leaders of Shechem and fought Abimelech. 40 But Abimelech chased him, and he fled from him; and many fell wounded up to the entrance of the gate.

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  1. Judges 9:38 Lit mouth
  2. Judges 9:39 Or at the head of
  3. Judges 9:39 Or landowners

38 Then Zebul said to him, “Where is your big talk now, you who said, ‘Who is Abimelek that we should be subject to him?’ Aren’t these the men you ridiculed?(A) Go out and fight them!”

39 So Gaal led out[a] the citizens of Shechem and fought Abimelek. 40 Abimelek chased him all the way to the entrance of the gate, and many were killed as they fled.

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  1. Judges 9:39 Or Gaal went out in the sight of