Job 24:14-17; Proverbs 1:11-16; Proverbs 4:16; Psalms 36:4; Romans 3:15
The Sedition of the Shechemites. The statement that Abimelech was prince over Israel is an exaggeration, and the chronological note is probably by...
Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field:
And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled. No JFB commentary on these verses.
The Story of Abimelech This chapter breaks the regular order of the book, since Abimelech is not thought of as a judge, and the Canaanites are not...
The field ] the usual expression for the open country: cp. Judges 9:36 .
Lie in wait in the field. — To surprise the Shechemites when they went out to finish their vintage operations, which they would do securely under t...
the Kindling Fire Judges 9:22-40 Although this is a sordid story, it is set out at length to teach us that God's judgments upon sin are not r...
The closing statement of the previous chapter constitutes the introduction to this. The words, "As soon as Gideon was dead" and the declaration that...
One general observation runs through the whole of this history, and meets the Reader in every part of it: namely, that God's judgments, sooner or lat...
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; no...
Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that [is] with thee, and lie in wait in the field: Ver. 32. Thou and the people that is with thee....
Gaal's Insurrection; Gaal's Defeat. B. C. 1206....
No text from Poole on this verse.
“ Now therefore up by night, you and the people who are with you, and lie in wait in the field.” Abimelech was to come that night after sunset, b...
CHAPTER 9 ABIMELECH’S TRAGIC BUT BRIEF HISTORY ( Judges 9:22-57 .) CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 9:22 . Had reigned ] ruled by force rather than b...
Judges 9:4 . Baal-berith. Berith signifies a covenant, which those bad people had made with Baal. The Greeks had their ζευς ορκιος, their Jupiter,...
EXPOSITION Judges 9:22 Had reigned . The Hebrew word here used is quite a different one from that in Judges 9:8 , Judges 9:10 , Judges...
The Defeat of Gaal
Now, therefore, up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, for Abimelech evidently was in the midst of his army, on some expedition, and li...
32 Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field: