Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.
WEB
So Gaal went out before the leaders of Shechem and fought against Abimelech,
YLT
And Gaal goeth out before the masters of Shechem, and fighteth against Abimelech,
DBT
And Gaal went out before the citizens of Shechem, and fought against Abimelech.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJudges — The post-conquest slide into cyclical apostasy. Twelve judges delivering Israel from successive oppressors, a pattern repeating seven times, and an appendix whose violence diagnoses a nation with no king.
- Author
- Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel (Bava Batra 14b)
- Date
- Events c. 1375–1050 BC; compilation during the early monarchy