And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold, they fortify the city against thee.
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Gill's Exposition
Now therefore up by night,.... The night following, that no time might be lost:
and the people that is with thee; the troops he had with him; not only such he had for his own guards, but what he had…
Barnes' Notes
Privily - See the margin. The word is probably the name of a place in “Tormah”, some think the same as “Arumah” Jdg 9:41. Zebul was faithful to Abimelech, but dissembled his sentiments, from being too…
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
craftily The form of the Hebr. word is suspicious and the meaning unsuitable; read in Arumah, mentioned as Abimelech's dwelling-place in Jdg 9:9.
they constrain the city An attempt to translate the…