37. Gaal again said, “Look, men are coming down from the very center of the land. A unit is coming by way of the Oak Tree of the Diviners.”
38. Zebul said to him, “Where now are your bragging words, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Are these not the men you insulted? Go out now and fight them!”
39. So Gaal led the leaders of Shechem out and fought Abimelech.
40. Abimelech chased him, and Gaal ran from him. Many Shechemites fell wounded at the entrance of the gate.
41. Abimelech went back to Arumah; Zebul drove Gaal and his brothers out of Shechem.
42. The next day the Shechemites came out to the field. When Abimelech heard about it,
43. he took his men and divided them into three units and set an ambush in the field. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he attacked and struck them down.