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(Heb. Zebul', æְáì , habitation; Sept. Æåâïýë ; Josephus, ÆÝâïõëïò ), the chief man ( ùִׂø , A. V. “ruler”) of the city of Shechem at the time of the contest between Abimelech and the native Canaanites (Jdg_9:28; Jdg_9:30; Jdg_9:36; Jdg_9:38; Jdg_9:41). B.C. 1319. He governed the town as the “officer” ( ôָּ÷ַéã ; Sept. ἐðßóêïðïò ; Josephus, æÝíïò Ant. 5, 7, 4]) of Abimelech while the latter was absent; and he took part against the Canaanites by shutting them out of the city when-Abimelech was encamped outside it. His conversation with Gaal, the Canaanitish leader, as they stood in the gate of Shechem watching the approach of the armed bands, gives Zebul a certain individuality among the many characters of that time of confusion. SEE ABIMELECH.