35 Now Gaal the son of Ebed went out and stood in the entrance of the city gate; and Abimelech and the people who were with him arose from the ambush. 36 When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, “[a]Look, people are coming down from the tops of the mountains.” But Zebul said to him, “You are seeing the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.” 37 Gaal spoke again and said, “Behold, people are coming down from (A)the [b]highest part of the land, and one [c]company comes by the way of [d]the diviners’ [e]oak.”

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 9:36 Lit Behold
  2. Judges 9:37 Or center
  3. Judges 9:37 Lit head
  4. Judges 9:37 Heb Elommeonenim
  5. Judges 9:37 Or terebinth