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Księga Sędziów 9:31
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I wyprawił posły do Abimelecha potajemnie mówiąc: Oto Gaal, syn Obedów, i bracia jego przyszli do Sychem, a buntują się w mieście przeciwko tobie.
I wyprawił posły do Abimelecha potajemnie, mówiąc: Oto Gaal, syn Obedów, i bracia jego przyszli do Sychem, a oto chcą walczyć z miastem przeciwko tobie.
Następnie wysłał potajemnie gońców do Abimeleka. Doniósł mu o wszystkim i poradził: Jest teraz w Sychem Gaal, syn Ebeda, wraz ze swoimi braćmi. Buntują oni miasto przeciw tobie.
I wyprawił posły do Abimelecha potajemnie, mówiąc: Oto Gaal, syn Obedów, i bracia jego przyszli do Sychem, a oto chcą walczyć z miastem przeciwko tobie.
I potajemnie wyprawił posłańców do Abimeleka, mówiąc: Oto Gaal, syn Obeda, wraz ze swoimi braćmi przyszedł do Sychem i oto podburzają miasto przeciwko tobie.
I wysłał gońców do Abimelecha do Aruma z wieścią: Oto przybyli do Sychem Gaal, syn Obeda, wraz ze swoimi współplemieńcami i buntują miasto przeciwko tobie.
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
privily: Heb. craftily, or, to Tormah
they fortify: Under pretence of repairing the walls and towers, they were actually putting the place in a state of defence, intending to seize on the government as soon as they found Abimelech coming against them. Judges 9:31
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily,.... In a secret manner, unknown to Gaal and the men of Shechem; or "craftily", as Jarchi and Kimchi interpret it, still dissembling, notwithstanding his anger, to be in the interest of Gaal, and the men of Shechem, as appears indeed afterwards by a show of friendliness with Gaal, Judges 9:36 though, according to Joseph Kimchi and Ben Gersom, Thormah is the name of the place where Abimelech was, the same with Arumah, Judges 9:41 and the sense is, that he sent messengers to Abimelech at Thormah or Arumah:
saying, Gaal the son of Ebal, and his brethren, be come to Shechem; a family that Abimelech well knew, and if they were of the race of the old Canaanites, he would easily perceive their design:
and, behold, they fortify the city against thee; by repairing its fortifications, or adding new works; or "besiege" i it, which, as that is done by placing an army around it without, that none can come out of it, so by setting a watch within, and upon the walls, and at the gates of it, that none can come in, which is here meant; though some interpret it of their design to besiege the city Thormah, where Abimelech was, of which he gives him notice; or rather they set the city against thee, make the inhabitants thine enemies.
i צר×× "obsident", Pagninus, Munster, Drusius; "obsidere cogitant", Piscator.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Privily - See the margin. The word is probably the name of a place in âTormahâ, some think the same as âArumahâ Judges 9:41. Zebul was faithful to Abimelech, but dissembled his sentiments, from being too weak to oppose Gaal, until Abimelech came with his army Judges 9:38.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 31. They fortify the city against thee. — Under pretence of repairing the walls and towers, they were actually putting the place in a state of defence, intending to seize on the government as soon as they should find Abimelech coming against them. Fortifying the city may mean seducing the inhabitants from their loyalty to Abimelech.