Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
Would to God this people were under my hand - The very words and conduct of a sly, hypocritical demagogue.
Increase thine army , and come out - When he found his party strong, and the public feeling warped to his side, then he appears to have sent a challenge to Abimelech, to come out and fight him.
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