Judges 9:36

World English Bible (2000)

When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, "Behold, people are coming down from the tops of the mountains." Zebul said to him, "You see the shadow of the mountains as if they were men."

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Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 7:7 : 7 Your doom has come to you, inhabitant of the land: the time has come, the day is near, [a day of] tumult, and not [of] joyful shouting, on the mountains.
  • Mark 8:24 : 24 He looked up, and said, "I see men; for I see them like trees walking."

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  • Judg 9:37-44
    8 verses
    87%

    37Gaal spoke again and said, "Behold, people are coming down by the middle of the land, and one company comes by the way of the oak of Meonenim."

    38Then Zebul said to him, "Now where is your mouth, that you said, 'Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him?' Isn't this the people that you have despised? Please go out now and fight with them."

    39Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.

    40Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many fell wounded, even to the entrance of the gate.

    41Abimelech lived at Arumah: and Zebul drove out Gaal and his brothers, that they should not dwell in Shechem.

    42It happened on the next day, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech.

    43He took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field; and he looked, and behold, the people came forth out of the city; He rose up against them, and struck them.

    44Abimelech, and the companies that were with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city: and the two companies rushed on all who were in the field, and struck them.

  • Judg 9:25-35
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    80%

    25The men of Shechem set an ambush for him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all who came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech.

    26Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brothers, and went over to Shechem; and the men of Shechem put their trust in him.

    27They went out into the field, and gathered their vineyards, and trod [the grapes], and held festival, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.

    28Gaal the son of Ebed said, "Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Isn't he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? Serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: but why should we serve him?

    29Would that this people were under my hand! Then I would remove Abimelech." He said to Abimelech, "Increase your army, and come out!"

    30When Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.

    31He sent messengers to Abimelech craftily, saying, "Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brothers are come to Shechem; and behold, they constrain the city [to take part] against you.

    32Now therefore, go up by night, you and the people who are with you, and lie in wait in the field:

    33and it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, you shall rise early, and rush on the city; and behold, when he and the people who are with him come out against you, then may you do to them as you shall find occasion."

    34Abimelech rose up, and all the people who were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.

    35Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people who were with him, from the ambush.

  • Judg 9:6-7
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    68%

    6All the men of Shechem assembled themselves together, and all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king, by the oak of the pillar that was in Shechem.

    7When they told it to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said to them, "Listen to me, you men of Shechem, that God may listen to you.

  • Judg 9:46-48
    3 verses
    67%

    46When all the men of the tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered into the stronghold of the house of Elberith.

    47It was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.

    48Abimelech went up to Mount Zalmon, he and all the people who were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it up, and laid it on his shoulder: and he said to the people who were with him, "What you have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done!"

  • Judg 19:16-17
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    16Behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at evening: now the man was of the hill country of Ephraim, and he lived in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites.

    17He lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city; and the old man said, "Where are you going? Where did you come from?"

  • 1 Sam 14:16
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    16The watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and behold, the multitude melted away, and they went [here] and there.

  • Judg 8:21
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    21Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, "Rise and fall on us; for as the man is, so is his strength." Gideon arose, and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents that were on their camels' necks.

  • Judg 9:51
    65%

    51But there was a strong tower within the city, and there fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut themselves in, and went up to the roof of the tower.

  • Jer 4:24
    65%

    24I saw the mountains, and behold, they trembled, and all the hills moved back and forth.

  • Judg 9:18-19
    2 verses
    64%

    18and you have risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, seventy persons, on one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his female servant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother);

    19if you then have dealt truly and righteously with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you:

  • Judg 8:18
    64%

    18Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, "What kind of men were they whom you killed at Tabor?" They answered, "They were like you. Each one resembled the children of a king."

  • Judg 8:15
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    15He came to the men of Succoth, and said, "See Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom you taunted me, saying, 'Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are weary?'"

  • Judg 8:9
    64%

    9He spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, "When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower."

  • 1 Sam 17:3
    64%

    3The Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.

  • Judg 1:24
    64%

    24The watchers saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said to him, "Please show us the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with you."

  • Judg 20:36
    63%

    36So the children of Benjamin saw that they were struck; for the men of Israel gave place to Benjamin, because they trusted the ambushers whom they had set against Gibeah.

  • Judg 18:8
    63%

    8They came to their brothers to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brothers said to them, "What do you say?"

  • Num 23:9
    63%

    9For from the top of the rocks I see him. From the hills I see him. Behold, it is a people that dwells alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.