And stood — To put his army in order, and to conduct them against Abimelech, whom he supposed to be at a great distance.
Related Commentaries of Judges 9:35
Judges 9:35
35 And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from lying in wait.