Judges 9:38 meaning and explanation

“Where is your gloating now?” Zebul replied. “You said, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Are these not the people you ridiculed? Go out now and fight them!”

Judges 9:38, Berean Standard Bible

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Zebul, the governor of Shechem under Abimelech, speaks to Gaal son of Ebed, the newcomer who boasted in verse 28 that he could remove Abimelech and rallied the city leaders to himself. Now Gaal's lookouts see Abimelech's troops coming down from the hills, and Zebul throws Gaal's earlier bravado back at him.

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