Judges Chapter 9 verse 26 Holy Bible
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.
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Then Gaal, the son of Ebed, came with his brothers, and went over to Shechem; and the men of Shechem put their faith in him.
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And Ga'al the son of Ebed moved into Shechem with his kinsmen; and the men of Shechem put confidence in him.
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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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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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Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brothers, and went over to Shechem; and the men of Shechem put their trust in him.
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And Gaal son of Ebed cometh -- also his brethren -- and they pass over into Shechem, and the masters of Shechem trust in him,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 26. - Gaal the son of Ebed. Who he was, or of what tribe or race he and his brethren were, we have no means of knowing; he seems to have been an adventurer who sought to turn the growing disaffection of the Shechemites to his own advantage by offering himself as a leader of the malcontents. Several MSS. and editions and versions read Eber for Ebed.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(26) Gaal the son of Ebed.--We are not told any further who he was; but the context leads us to infer that he was one of these freebooters, and probably belonged to the Canaanite population. His "brethren" may have formed the nucleus of a marauding band. Josephus says he was "a certain chief, with his soldiers and kinsmen." For Ebed some MSS. and versions read Eber, and some Jobel. "Gaal Ben-Ebed" ("loathing son of a slave ") sounds like some contemptuous distortion of his real name.Went over to Shechem.--Possibly he had been practising brigandage on the other side of the Jordan.