Giudici 9:26

26 Poi Gaal, figliuolo di Ebed, e i suoi fratelli, vennero, e passarono in Sichem; e i Sichemiti presero confidenza in lui.

Giudici 9:26 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 9:26

And Gaal the son or Ebed came with his brethren, and went over
to Shechem
Who this Gaal was, and who his brethren, and from whence he came, and the place he went over, are all uncertain. Jarchi thinks he was a Gentile, and it looks, by some speeches of his afterwards, as if he was a descendant of Hamor, prince of Shechem, in the times of Jacob, who, since the expulsion of the Canaanites, his family had retired to some distant parts; but hearing of a difference between Abimelech and the Shechemites, Gaal, with some of the family, came over, perhaps over Jordan, to make what advantage he could of it:

and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him;
freely told him their mind, the ill opinion they had of Abimelech, and what was their design against him; and he assuring them he would take their part, and defend them to the uttermost, they depended on him, and therefore very securely went about their business in the fields, as follows.

Giudici 9:26 In-Context

24 acciocchè la violenza fatta a’ settanta figliuoli di Ierubbaal, e il sangue loro, venisse ad esser messo addosso ad Abimelec lor fratello, il quale li avea uccisi; e addosso a’ Sichemiti, i quali aveano tenuta mano con lui a uccidere i suoi fratelli.

25 I Sichemiti adunque gli posero agguati in su le sommità de’ monti, i quali rubavano in su la strada chiunque passava appresso di loro. E ciò fu rapportato ad Abimelec.

26 Poi Gaal, figliuolo di Ebed, e i suoi fratelli, vennero, e passarono in Sichem; e i Sichemiti presero confidenza in lui.

27 E, usciti alla campagna, vendemmiarono le lor vigne, e calcarono le uve, e cantarono delle canzoni. Poi entrarono nel tempio dell’iddio loro, e mangiarono, e bevvero, e maledissero Abimelec.

28 E Gaal, figliuolo di Ebed, disse: Chi è Abimelec, e quale è Sichem, che noi serviamo ad Abimelec? non è egli figliuolo di Ierubbaal? e Zebul non è egli suo commissario? Servite a’ discendenti di Hemor, padre di Sichem. E perchè serviremo noi a costui?