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Judges 9:42

in Judges 9

The next day the people of Shechem went out into the fields, and this was reported to Abimelech.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech.

KJV

And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech.

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This verse in Judges 9

Commentary

4 notes on this verse
After Gaal’s expulsion, “the people went out into the field,” either to complete the vintage, or for some other agricultural operation. “They” (Zebul and his party) sent word of this to Abimelech.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Some think into the field of business to plough and sow (having lately gathered in their harvest), or to perfect their harvest, for it was only their vintage that they had made an end of (

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And it came to pass on the morrow,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

The consequence was that he allowed himself to be drawn into an ambush, was defeated, the city of Shechem destroyed and strewn with salt. The people took refuge in the stronghold, which was set on fire, and all in it perished.

The words behind it

7 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַֽיְהִי֙and it was

    vayhiH1961 →3559 times

  • מִֽמָּחֳרָ֔תfrom [the] next day

    mimochoratH4283 →32 times

  • וַיֵּצֵ֥אand it went out

    vaiyetze'H3318 →1067 times

  • הָעָ֖םthe people

    haamH5971 →1873 times

  • הַשָּׂדֶ֑הthe field

    hasadehH7704 →334 times

  • וַיַּגִּ֖דוּand people told

    vaiyagiduH5046 →370 times

  • לַאֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ׃to Abimelech

    laavimelekhH40 →66 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

About Judges

The Death of Gideon's Sons — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Death of Gideon's Sons — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Judges: the study guide →Read Judges 9 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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