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35 Gaal son of Ebed went out and stood at the entrance of the city gate, and Abimelech and the army that was with him got up from the ambush. 36 When Gaal saw the army, he said to Zebul, “Look, people are coming down from the top of the mountains!” And Zebul said to him, “The shadows of the mountains look like people to you.”[a] 37 And Gaal spoke again[b] and said, “Look, people are coming down from Tabbur-erez, and one division[c] is coming from the direction of Elon-meonenim.”[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 9:36 Literally “the shadows of the mountains you are seeing as men”
  2. Judges 9:37 Literally “And he did again again Gaal to speak”
  3. Judges 9:37 Or “company”
  4. Judges 9:37 Or “the Sorcerer’s Oak”