^{38 Ref} Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, that thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that thou hast despised? go out now, I pray, and fight with them.

³⁹ And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.

^{40 Ref} And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and there fell many wounded, even unto the entrance of the gate.