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Judges 9:28-30
New International Reader's Version
Judges 9:28-30
New International Reader's Version
28 Then Gaal, the son of Ebed, said, “Who is Abimelek? And who is Shechem? Why should we citizens of Shechem be under Abimelek’s rule? Isn’t he Jerub-Baal’s son? Isn’t Zebul his helper? It would be better to serve the family of Hamor. He was the father of Shechem. So why should we serve Abimelek? 29 I wish these people were under my command. Then I would get rid of Abimelek. I would say to him, ‘Call out your whole army!’ ”
30 Zebul was the governor of Shechem. He heard about what Gaal, the son of Ebed, had said. So he was very angry.
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