Judges 9:26

Meanwhile, Gaal son of Ebed came with his brothers and crossed into Shechem, and the leaders of Shechem put their confidence in him.

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KJV

And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him.

ASV

And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem; and the men of Shechem put their trust in him.

YLT

And Gaal son of Ebed cometh--also his brethren--and they pass over into Shechem, and the masters of Shechem trust in him,

DBT

And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem; and the citizens of Shechem put confidence in him.

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And Gaal the son or Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem,.... Who this Gaal was, and who his brethren, and from whence he came, and the place he went over, are all uncertain.

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

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Gaal the son of Ebed - Of this person we know no more than is here told. He was probably one of the descendants of the Canaanites, who hoped from the state of the public mind, and their disaffection to Abimelech, to cause a revolution, and thus to restore the ancient government as it was under Hamor, the father of Shechem.

Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical

Gaal . . . came with his brethren . . ., and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him--An insurrection of the original Canaanites, headed by this man, at last broke out in Shechem.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Gaal - It is not known who he was; but it is evident, he was a man very considerable for wealth, and strength and interest; and ill-pleased with Abimelech's power.

John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765evangelical

This Gaal is said to be the son of Ebed, which signifies a servant, perhaps denoting the meanness of his extraction. As Abimelech was by the mother's side, so he by the father's, the son of a servant.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Genesis 13:8
So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are brothers.
Genesis 19:7
“Please, my brothers,” he pleaded, “don’t do such a wicked thing!

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Who & where

PlaceCentral hill countryShechemJacob's first Canaan settlement and the site of Dinah's ruin (Gen 34).

About this book

The Death of Gideon's Sons — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866) — public domain

Judges — The post-conquest slide into cyclical apostasy. Twelve judges delivering Israel from successive oppressors, a pattern repeating seven times, and an appendix whose violence diagnoses a nation with no king.

Canon: Old Testament
Author: Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel (Bava Batra 14b)
Date: Events c. 1375–1050 BC; compilation during the early monarchy

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Genesis 13:8
So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are brothers.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 6:6–7
  Instead, one brother goes to law against another, and this in front of unbelievers!
- Acts 7:26
  The next day he came upon two Israelites who were fighting, and he tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other?’
- Psalms 133:1
  Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!
- 1 Peter 4:8
  Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
- 2 Peter 1:7
  and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.
Through
Genesis 19:7
“Please, my brothers,” he pleaded, “don’t do such a wicked thing!
leads to
- Leviticus 20:13
  If a man lies with a man as with a woman, they have both committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
- Jude 1:7
  In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal…
- Romans 1:24
  Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another.

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