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.
Abimelech and his group of soldiers charged forward and took control of the city gate, while his two other groups of soldiers attacked all the people who were out in the fields and killed them.
This verse describes Abimelech's brutal military attack where he strategically blocked the city gate while his forces slaughtered people in the surrounding fields.
📚 Historical Context
In the book of Judges, Abimelech, the son of Gideon, had seized power by killing his seventy brothers and making himself king over Israel, but the people of Shechem who supported him eventually turned against him in rebellion. This led to a brutal conflict where Abimelech gathered forces to attack the city of Shechem. The verse describes a specific moment in that battle, where Abimelech's group took the city gate while others pursued and killed people in the surrounding fields.
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