9:30 When Zebul, the city commissioner, heard the words of Gaal son of Ebed, he was furious. 1
1 tn Heb “his anger burned.”
1 tn Traditionally, “judged.”
2 tn Heb “Jephthah the Gileadite.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
3 tc The Hebrew text has “in the cities of Gilead.” The present translation has support from some ancient Greek textual witnesses.
1 tn Heb “gathered at the city as one man, united.”
1 tn Heb “assembled from the cities at Gibeah.”
1 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the men hiding in ambush) has been specified in the translation for clarity.