Gaal boasts at the vintage

26Then Gaal son of Ebed came with his brothers and crossed into Shechem, and the leaders of Shechem put their trust in him.

27And they went out into the field and gathered the grapes from their vineyards and trod them, and they held a festival. Then they went into the house of their god and ate and drank and cursed Abimelek.

28And Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelek, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and Zebul his officer? Serve the men of Hamor, the father of Shechem! But why should we serve him?”

29If only this people were in my hand, then I would remove Abimelek. And he said to Abimelek, “Increase your army and come out!”