And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.
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Gill's Exposition
And Gaal the son of Ebed said,.... As they were then making merry, drinking and carousing:
who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? who is this Abimelech the Shechemite? or…
Seditious and lawless acts Jdg 9:25-26 now broke out into open rebellion. It was at an idolatrous feast in the house of Baal-berith, on occasion of the vintage, and when they were excited with wine,…
Three years Abimelech reigned, after a sort, without any disturbance; it is not said, He judged Israel, or did any service at all to his country, but so long he enjoyed the title and dignity of a…
Cambridge Bible
held festival held a merry-making. The marg. offered a praise offeringis based upon the special sense of the word in Lev 19:24; here, more generally, a vintage feast like the one described in Jdg…
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