Judges 9:35
33 And it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon the city: and, behold, when he and the people that is with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find occasion.
34 And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.
And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from lying in wait.
36 And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.
37 And Gaal spake again and said, See there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Now Gaal son of Ebed went out and stood at the entrance of the city gate just as Abimelech and his men came out from their hiding places.
- KJV
- And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from lying in wait.
- WEB
- Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city. Abimelech rose up, and the people who were with him, from the ambush.
- ASV
- And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from the ambushment.
- DARBY
- And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city. Then Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, out of the ambush.
- BLB
- And Gaal son of Ebed went out and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city, and Abimelech rose, and the people who [were] with him, from the ambush.
- ÅB
- Nå kom Ga'al, Ebeds sønn, ut og stilte seg i byporten, og Abimelek og de folk han hadde hos seg, brøt fram fra bakholdet.
- OTB
- Nå gikk Gaal, sønn av Ebed, ut og sto ved inngangen til byporten, akkurat da Abimelek og folket med ham reiste seg fra bakholdet.
- B1930
- Nu kom Ga'al, Ebeds sønn, ut og stilte sig i byporten, og Abimelek og de folk han hadde hos sig, brøt frem fra bakholdet.