וַיִּרְדְּפֵ֣הוּ אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ וַיָּ֖נָס מִפָּנָ֑יו וַֽיִּפְּל֛וּ חֲלָלִ֥ים רַבִּ֖ים עַד־פֶּ֥תַח הַשָּֽׁעַר׃
And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and there fell many wounded, even unto the entrance of the gate.
Read midrashic interpretation of Judges 9:40: and classical rabbinic exegesis.