Judges 9:25

Modern English Version

The leaders of Shechem set ambushes against him on the hilltops and robbed all who passed by them on the road. This was told to Abimelech.

Cross References

Psalm 10:8

He sits in the lurking places of the villages; in the secret places he murders the innocent; his eyes lurk against the unfortunate.

Joshua 8:4

He commanded them, “Behold, you shall ambush the city from behind. Do not go very far from the city. All of you be ready.

Judges 9:24

so that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerub-Baal and their blood might come back upon Abimelech their brother, who killed them, and upon the leaders of Shechem, who empowered him to kill his brothers.

Judges 9:26

Gaal, the son of Ebed, and his brothers came to Shechem, and the leaders of Shechem trusted him.