Bible Person
Meaning: a habitation · Male · 5 cross references
Zebul is Abimelech's governor in Shechem and the political operator who counters Gaal's challenge. He is a sharp secondary figure in one of Judges' most unstable episodes of local power struggle. First appears in Judg 9:28.1
AI summary: Zebul matters because the cross references present him as the loyal administrator who recognizes revolt and acts decisively to preserve Abimelech's control. He maneuvers between public restraint and secret warning, then exposes Gaal's boasting once battle begins. His role shows how political cunning operates inside the violent instability of Judges 9. Taken together, the material presents Zebul as a shrewd local ruler whose actions help secure Abimelech's position.1
Central Figure
Zebul
Meaning: a habitation
Habitation, the governor of Shechem under Abimelech (Judg.
Habitation, the governor of Shechem under Abimelech (Judg. 9:28, 30, 36). He informed his master of the intention of the people of Shechem to transfer their allegiance to the Hivite tribe of Hamor. This led to Abimelech’s destroying the city, when he put its entire population to the sword, and sowed the ruins with salt (Judg. 9:28-45). 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.