“And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him.”
And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem: and the men of Shechem put confidence in him — Gaal (גַּעַל, gaal), a rival claimant, arrives with kinfolk and gains Shechem's trust (וַיִּשְׂמְחוּ, vayismechu, they rejoiced). The cycle shows how tyranny generates opposition: new players emerge to contest power.
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