Judges 9:28 meaning and explanation

Then Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is not Zebul his officer? You are to serve the men of Hamor, the father of Shechem. Why should we serve Abimelech?

Judges 9:28, Berean Standard Bible

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Gaal son of Ebed has just arrived in Shechem, and at a grape harvest festival in the temple of their god he challenges the city's leaders. Abimelech, son of Jerubbaal, had been made king three years earlier after killing his seventy brothers, and he rules through Zebul, his officer.

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