25 And the men of Shechem set [a]men in ambush against him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all who passed by them along that way; and it was told Abimelech.

26 Now Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brothers and went over to Shechem; and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him. 27 So they went out into the fields, and gathered grapes from their vineyards and trod them, and [b]made merry. And they went into (A)the house of their god, and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 9:25 Lit. liers-in-wait for
  2. Judges 9:27 rejoiced

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