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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Four companies. —Literally, four heads. (Compare to Judges 7:16.)
According to t…
Abimelech intended to punish the Schechemites for slighting him now, but God punished them for their serving him formerly in the murder of Gideon's…
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