--- title: "Judges 9:39-45 KJV - \"And Gaal went out before the men of Sh...\" | Real Bible Believers" description: "\"And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech. And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many\" β€” Read Judges 9:39-45 in the King James Version (KJV) with commentary, cross references, and Greek/Hebrew lexicon." image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/judges/9/39-45" --- [ Read](/kjv/judges/9)[ Commentary](/study/judges/9)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/judges/9) Audio ## Judges 9:39-45 in Context (Verses 36–48 KJV) [36 ](/kjv/judges/9/36) 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. [37 ](/kjv/judges/9/37) 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.** [38 ](/kjv/judges/9/38) 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. [39 ](/kjv/judges/9/39) And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech. [40 ](/kjv/judges/9/40) And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown *and* wounded, *even* unto the entering of the gate. [41 ](/kjv/judges/9/41) And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem. [42 ](/kjv/judges/9/42) And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech. [43 ](/kjv/judges/9/43) And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people *were* come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them. [44 ](/kjv/judges/9/44) And Abimelech, and the company that *was* with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two *other* companies ran upon all *the people* that *were* in the fields, and slew them. [45 ](/kjv/judges/9/45) And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that *was* therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt. [46 ](/kjv/judges/9/46) ΒΆ And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard *that*, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith. [47 ](/kjv/judges/9/47) And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together. [48 ](/kjv/judges/9/48) And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that *were* with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid *it* on his shoulder, and said unto the people that *were* with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, *and* do as I *have done*.* [Judges 8](/kjv/judges/8) [Judges 10](/kjv/judges/10) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/judges/9/39-45#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","width":672,"height":448,"caption":"Real Bible Believers"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/judges/9/39-45#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/judges/9/39-45","name":"Judges 9:39-45 KJV - \"And Gaal went out before the men of Sh...\" | Real Bible Believers","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/judges/9/39-45#primaryimage"},"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"\"And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech. 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