Judges 9:40 Meaning and Explanation
“And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the gate.”
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Read Full Chapter →Abimelech routs Gaal, chasing him in flight with many wounded up to the city gate.
What Does Judges 9:40 Mean?
The battle goes against Gaal. Abimelech drives him back, Gaal flees, and many fall wounded along the way, all the way to the entrance of the gate where Gaal had so boldly stood.
The boaster is routed at the very gate where he made his stand. His grand promise to remove Abimelech ends in headlong flight and a trail of his own wounded. Pride that promised much delivers defeat. Yet this victory does not save Shechem; it only sets Abimelech's rage loose upon the city, drawing the prophesied fire nearer to the people who first lit it.
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What does Judges 9:40 mean?
Abimelech routs Gaal, chasing him in flight with many wounded up to the city gate.