When Gaal son of Ebed moved into Shechem with his kinsfolk, the lords of Shechem put confidence in him.
Judges 9:35 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 When Gaal son of Ebed went out and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city, Abimelech and the troops with him rose from the ambush. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from lying in wait. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Gaal son of Ebed came out and stood in the entrance of the city's gate. Then Abimelech and the men with him rose up from ambush. American Standard Version (1901) And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from the ambushment. Common English Bible When Gaal, Ebed’s son, came out and stood in the entrance of the city’s gate, Abimelech and the men with him sprang up from the ambush. Catholic Public Domain Version And Gaal, the son of Ebed, went out, and he stood at the entrance to the gate of the city. Then Abimelech rose up, and all the army with him, from the places of the ambushes. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Gaal the son of Obed went out, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city. And Abimelech rose up, and all his army with him from the places of the ambushes. |
When Gaal son of Ebed moved into Shechem with his kinsfolk, the lords of Shechem put confidence in him.
So Abimelech and all the troops with him got up by night and lay in wait against Shechem in four companies.
And when Gaal saw them, he said to Zebul, “Look, people are coming down from the mountaintops!” And Zebul said to him, “The shadows on the mountains look like people to you.”