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29 If only this people were in my command![a] Then I would remove Abimelech, and I would have said,[b] ‘Increase your army and come out!’”

30 When Zebul the commander of the city heard the words of Gaal son of Ebed, he became angry,[c] 31 and he sent messengers to Abimelech in Tormah, saying, “Look, Gaal son of Ebed and his relatives are coming to Shechem, and they are stirring up the city against you.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 9:29 Literally “were in my hand”
  2. Judges 9:29 Hebrew “he said”; the translation “I would have said” follows the LXX
  3. Judges 9:30 Literally “his nose became hot”