Judges 9:28

Easy To Read Version

Then Gaal son of Ebed said, “We are the men of Shechem. Why should we obey Abimelech? Who does he think he is? Abimelech is one of Jerub Baal’s sons, right? And Abimelech made Zebul his officer, right? We should not obey Abimelech! We should follow our own people, men from Hamor. [83] (Hamor was the father of Shechem.)

Cross References

Genesis 33:19

Jacob bought the field where he camped from the family of Hamor, father of Shechem. Jacob paid 100 pieces of silver.

Genesis 34:2

Hamor was the king of that land. His son Shechem saw Dinah. Shechem kidnapped her and raped her.

Genesis 34:6

At that time, Shechem’s father, Hamor, went to talk with Jacob.

2 Samuel 20:1

At that place, there was a man named Sheba son of Bicri. Sheba was a good-for-nothing troublemaker from the family group of Benjamin. Sheba blew a trumpet {to gather the people together}. Then he said,

1 Kings 12:16

All the people of Israel saw that the new king refused to listen to them. So the people said to the king: “Are we part of David’s family? No! Do we get any of Jesse’s land? No! So Israel, let’s go to our own homes. Let David’s son rule his own people!” So the people of Israel went home.

Judges 9:26

A man named Gaal son of Ebed and his brothers moved to the city of Shechem. The leaders of the city of Shechem decided to trust and follow Gaal.

Judges 9:41

Then Abimelech returned to the city of Arumah. Zebul forced Gaal and his brothers to leave the city of Shechem.

1 Samuel 25:10

But Nabal {was mean to them}. Nabal said, “Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? There are many slaves that have run away from their masters these days!