TOPICAL BIBLE
Gaal
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Judges 9:26Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brothers, and went over to Shechem; and the men of Shechem put their trust in him.Judges 9:27They went out into the field, and harvested their vineyards, and trod the grapes, and held festival, and went into the house of their god, and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech.Judges 9:28Gaal 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 9:29Would that this people were under my hand! Then I would remove Abimelech.” He said to Abimelech, “Increase your army, and come out!”Judges 9:30When Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.Judges 9:31He sent messengers to Abimelech craftily, saying, “Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brothers have come to Shechem; and behold, they incite the city against you.Judges 9:32Now therefore, go up by night, you and the people who are with you, and lie in wait in the field:Judges 9:33and it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, you shall rise early, and rush on the city; and behold, when he and the people who are with him come out against you, then may you do to them as you shall find occasion.”Judges 9:34Abimelech rose up, and all the people who were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.Judges 9:35Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people who were with him, from the ambush.Judges 9:36When 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 9:37Gaal spoke again and said, “Behold, people are coming down by the middle of the land, and one company comes by the way of the oak of Meonenim.”Judges 9:38Then 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 9:39Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.Judges 9:40Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many fell wounded, even to the entrance of the gate.Judges 9:41Abimelech lived at Arumah: and Zebul drove out Gaal and his brothers, that they should not dwell in Shechem.
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