John Gill Commentary Judges 9:44

"And 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 upon all that were in the field, and smote them." — Judges 9:44 (ASV)

And Abimelech, and the company that was with him
Which he had the particular command of; or "the heads" ^F13 , for in the company with him, as Kimchi observes, were great men; and so the Septuagint renders it, the princes that were with him:

rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city ;
to prevent the people that were in the field getting into it, and any from coming out of it to their relief:

and the two other companies ran upon all the people that were in the
fields, and slew them ;
so that by this means none escaped.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F13: (Myvarhw) "et capita", Pagninus, Montanus, Drusius; "et principes", Vatablus.