A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.9.28 § Zebul = "exalted" chief man of the city of Shechem at the time of the contest between Abimelech and the native Canaanites
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ze.vul · Zebul · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Judges 9:28 · וּזְבֻ֣לGaal the son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Isn’t he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? Serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: but why should we serve him?Judges 9:30 · זְבֻל֙When Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.Judges 9:36 · זְבֻ֔ל · זְבֻ֔לWhen Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, “Behold, people are coming down from the tops of the mountains.” Zebul said to him, “You see the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.”Judges 9:38 · זְבֻ֗לThen Zebul said to him, “Now where is your mouth, that you said, ‘Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him?’ Isn’t this the people that you have despised? Please go out now and fight with them.”Judges 9:41 · זְבֻ֛לAbimelech lived at Arumah: and Zebul drove out Gaal and his brothers, that they should not dwell in Shechem.