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Judges 9:35

King James Version (KJV)
And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from lying in wait.
Adam Clarke
Bible Commentary

Stood in the entering of the gate - Having probably got some intimation of the designs of Zebul and Abimelech.

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Matthew Henry
Concise Bible Commentary
Abimelech intended to punish the Schechemites for slighting him now, but God punished them for their serving him formerly in the murder of Gideon's sons. When God uses men as instruments in his hand to do his work, he means one thing, and they another. That, which they hoped would have been for their welfare, proved a snare and a trap, as those will certainly find, who run to idols for shelter; such will prove a refuge of lies.
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The Period of the Judges