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Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem ;
and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech :
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That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come ,
and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother ,
which slew them ;
and upon the men of Shechem ,
which aided him in the killing of his brethren .
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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 .
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And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren ,
and went over to Shechem :
and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him .
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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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And Gaal the son of Ebed said ,
Who is Abimelech ,
and who is Shechem ,
that we should serve him ?
is not he the son of Jerubbaal ?
and Zebul his officer ?
serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem :
for why should we serve him ?
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And would to God this people were under my hand !
then would I remove Abimelech .
And he said to Abimelech ,
Increase thine army ,
and come out .
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And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed ,
his anger was kindled .
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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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Now therefore up by night ,
thou and the people that is with thee ,
and lie in wait in the field :
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And it shall be ,
that in the morning ,
as soon as the sun is up ,
thou shalt rise early ,
and set upon the city :
and ,
behold ,
when he and the people that is with him come out against thee ,
then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find occasion .
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And Abimelech rose up ,
and all the people that were with him ,
by night ,
and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies .
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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 .
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And when Gaal saw the people ,
he said to Zebul ,
Behold ,
there come people down from the top of the mountains .
And Zebul said unto him ,
Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men .
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And Gaal spake again and said ,
See there come people down by the middle of the land ,
and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim .
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Then said Zebul unto him ,
Where is now thy mouth ,
wherewith thou saidst ,
Who is Abimelech ,
that we should serve him ?
is not this the people that thou hast despised ?
go out ,
I pray now ,
and fight with them .
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And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem ,
and fought with Abimelech .
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And Abimelech chased him ,
and he fled before him ,
and many were overthrown and wounded ,
even unto the entering of the gate .
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And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah :
and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren ,
that they should not dwell in Shechem .