Judges 9:26 BSB — MannaFest

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.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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.

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

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.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּבֹ֞א	vai.ya.Vo'	and he came	H935 →
גַּ֤עַל	Ga.'al	Gaal	H1603 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
עֶ֙בֶד֙	'e.ved	Ebed	H5651 →
וְאֶחָ֔יו	ve.'e.Chav	and brothers his	H251 →
וַיַּעַבְר֖וּ	vai.ya.'av.Ru	and they passed on	H5674 →
בִּשְׁכֶ֑ם	bish.Khem	in Shechem	H7927 →
וַיִּבְטְחוּ־	vai.yiv.te.chu-	and they trusted	H982 →
ב֖וֹ	vo	in <the> him
בַּעֲלֵ֥י	ba.'a.Lei	[the] citizens of	H1167 →
שְׁכֶֽם׃	she.Khem	Shechem	H7927 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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.