of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech. 009:028 Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Isn't he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve you the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: but why should we serve him? 009:029 Would that this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. He said to Abimelech, Increase your army, and come out. 009:030 When Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled. 009:031 He sent messengers to Abimelech craftily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brothers are come to Shechem; and behold, they constrain the city [to take part] against you. 009:032 Now therefore, up by night, you and the people who are with you, and lie in wait in the field: 009:033 and it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, you shall rise early, and rush on the city; and behold, when he and the people who are with him come out against you, then may you do to them as you shall find occasion. 009:034 Abimelech rose up, and all the people who were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies. 009:035 Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people who were with him, from the ambush. 009:036 When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the tops of the mountains. Zebul said to him, You see the shadow of the mountains as if they were men. 009:037 Gaal spoke again and said, Behold, there come people down by the middle of the land, and one company comes by the way of the oak of Meonenim. 009:038 Then said Zebul to him, Where is now your mouth, that you said, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that you have despised? go out now, I pray, and fight with them. 009:039 Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech. 009:040 Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and there fell many wounded, even to the entrance of the gate. 009:041 Abimelech lived at Arumah: and Zebul drove out Gaal and his brothers, that they should not dwell in Shechem. 009:042 It happened on the next day, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech. 009:043 He took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field; and he looked, and behold, the people came forth out of the city; He rose up against them, and struck them. 009:044 Abimelech, and the companies that were with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city: and the two companies rushed on all who were in the field, and struck them.