Abimelech chased him, and Gaal ran from him. Many Shechemites fell wounded at the entrance of the gate.

Meanwhile the six hundred Danites, fully armed, stood at the entrance to the gate.

The five men who had gone to spy out the land broke in and stole the carved image, the ephod, the personal idols, and the metal image, while the priest was standing at the entrance to the gate with the six hundred fully armed men.