Giudici 9:26

26 Poi Gaal, figliuolo di Ebed, e i suoi fratelli vennero e si stabilirono a Sichem, e i Sichemiti riposero in lui la loro fiducia.

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 affinché la violenza fatta ai settanta figliuoli di Ierubbaal ricevesse il suo castigo, e il loro sangue ricadesse sopra Abimelec, loro fratello, che li aveva uccisi, e sopra i Sichemiti che gli avean prestato mano a uccidere i suoi fratelli.

25 I Sichemiti posero in agguato contro di lui, sulla cima de’ monti, della gente che svaligiava sulla strada chiunque le passasse vicino. E Abimelec fu informato della cosa.

26 Poi Gaal, figliuolo di Ebed, e i suoi fratelli vennero e si stabilirono a Sichem, e i Sichemiti riposero in lui la loro fiducia.

27 E, usciti alla campagna, vendemmiarono le loro vigne, pestarono le uve, e fecero festa. Poi entrarono nella casa del loro dio, mangiarono, bevvero, e maledissero Abimelec.

28 E Gaal, figliuolo di Ebed, disse: "Chi è Abimelec, e che cos’è Sichem, che abbiamo a servire ad Abimelec? non è egli figliuolo di Ierubbaal? e Zebul non è egli suo commissario? Servite agli uomini di Hamor, padre di Sichem! Ma noi perché serviremmo a costui?