38. Then Zebul said to him, “Where is your mouth now, you who said, ‘Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him?’ Are not these the people whom you despised? Go out now and fight with them.”
39. And Gaal went out at the head of the leaders of Shechem and fought with Abimelech.
40. And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him. And many fell wounded, up to the entrance of the gate.
41. And Abimelech lived at Arumah, and Zebul drove out Gaal and his relatives, so that they could not dwell at Shechem.
42. On the following day, the people went out into the field, and Abimelech was told.
43. He took his people and divided them into three companies and set an ambush in the fields. And he looked and saw the people coming out of the city. So he rose against them and killed them.
44. Abimelech and the company that was with him rushed forward and stood at the entrance of the gate of the city, while the two companies rushed upon all who were in the field and killed them.
45. And Abimelech fought against the city all that day. He captured the city and killed the people who were in it, and he razed the city and sowed it with salt.
46. When all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered the stronghold of the house of El-berith.