42 The next day the people of Shechem went out to the fields, and this was reported to Abimelek.
42 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech.
42 On the following day, the people went out into the field, and Abimelech was told.
42 The next day the people went out to the fields. This was reported to Abimelech.
42 And it came about on the next day that the people went out into the field, and they told Abimelech.
42 The next day the people of Shechem went out into the fields to battle. When Abimelech heard about it,
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Judges 9:42
Commentary on Judges 9:30-49
(Read Judges 9:30-49)
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.