People of the Bible

Gaal

Family

Father: Ebed

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

Loathing, the son of Ebed, in whom the Shechemites “placed their confidence” when they became discontented with Abimelech. He headed the revolution, and led out the men of Shechem against Abimelech; but was defeated, and fled to his own home (Judg. 9:26-46). We hear no more of him after this battle.

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 9 verses

Judges: 9:26, 9:28, 9:30, 9:31, 9:35, 9:36, 9:37, 9:39, 9:41

The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.