Judg 9:42 | TNotes | STEP | 9:42 The NLT supplies the words to battle , with the understanding that the Shechemites went out into the fields to keep Abimelech from reasserting power over them. Others think that the Shechemites returned to the fields to continue the harvest (9:27 ), believing that Abimelech would be satisfied now that Gaal had been driven out.

‏ Judges 9:42

9:42 ^a The NLT supplies the words to battle, with the understanding that the Shechemites went out into the fields to keep Abimelech from reasserting power over them. Others think that the Shechemites returned to the fields to continue the harvest (9:27 ^b), believing that Abimelech would be satisfied now that Gaal had been driven out.