into the fields] Namely, to shew how much out of their confidence in Gaal they sleighted Abimelech, whom before they feared, and durst not for him, go out of the citie. made merry] Or, sung, as they used to do in the time of vintage. Isaiah 16:9-10. Jeremiah 25:30. their god] Namely, to praise him for delivering them from the yoak of Abimelech.