40. But Abimelech chased him, and many of Shechem’s men were wounded and fell along the road as they retreated to the city gate.
41. Abimelech returned to Arumah, and Zebul drove Gaal and his brothers out of Shechem.
42. The next day the people of Shechem went out into the fields to battle. When Abimelech heard about it,
43. he divided his men into three groups and set an ambush in the fields. When Abimelech saw the people coming out of the city, he and his men jumped up from their hiding places and attacked them.