And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech.
Ver. 25. Set liers in wait for him.] Attempting thereby secretly to have slain him, or at least to have seized his person.
And it was told Abimelech.] These robbers going beyond their commission discovered the plot, and so Abimelech escaped. But this preservation was but a reservation.