39. Then Gaal led citizens of Shechem out to fight Abimelech.
40. Abimelech chased Gaal so that he ran away from him. Many were killed at the entrance of the city.
41. Abimelech continued to live at Arumah. Zebul threw Gaal and his brothers out and would not let them live in Shechem.
42. The next day the people ⌊of Shechem⌋ went into the fields. Abimelech was told about it.
43. So he took his troops, divided them into three companies, and set an ambush in the fields. He watched and saw the people coming out of the city. Then he began to attack them.
44. Abimelech and his company charged the city and captured its entrance. The other two companies charged at everyone in the fields and attacked them.
45. Abimelech attacked the city all day long. He captured the city and killed the people in it. He also tore down the city and scattered salt all over the land.
46. All the citizens of Shechem’s Tower heard about it and went into the basement of the temple of El Berith.