32Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field:
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If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: …
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief. …
Their feet are swift to shed blood:
He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 22-49)Three years Abimelech reigned, after a sort, without any disturbance; it is not said, He judged Israel, or did any service at all to his co 7611 untry, but so long he enjoyed the title and dignity of a king; and not only the Shechemites, but many other places, paid him respect. They must have been fond of a king that could please themselves with such a one as this. But the triumphing of the wicked…
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