Judges 9:27-29

Lexham English Bible

²⁷ They went out into the field and harvested their vineyards and trod them, and they held a festival.^[a] And they went into the temple^[b] of their god, and they ate and drank and cursed Abimelech. ²⁸ Then Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who are we of Shechem that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerub-Baal, and is not Zebul his chief officer?^[c] Serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem. Why should we serve him?^{[d] 29} If only this people were in my command!^[e] Then I would remove Abimelech, and I would have said,^[f] ‘Increase your army and come out!’”