Judges 9:34

34 So Abimelek and all his troops set out by night and took up concealed positions near Shechem in four companies.

Judges 9:34 in Other Translations

34 And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.

34 So Abimelech and all the men who were with him rose up by night and set an ambush against Shechem in four companies.

34 So Abimelech and all his men went by night and split into four groups, stationing themselves around Shechem.

34 Abimelech and his troops, four companies of them, went up that night and waited in ambush approaching Shechem.

34 So Abimelech and all the people with him got up at night and waited in ambush for Shechem in four units.

Judges 9:34 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 9:34

And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him,
by night
According to the advice of Zebul:

and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies;
he divided his army into four parts, which he placed on the four sides of the city, at some distance from it, to act as they should have opportunity, to find ways and means of getting into it on either quarter.

Judges 9:34 In-Context

32 Now then, during the night you and your men should come and lie in wait in the fields.

33 In the morning at sunrise, advance against the city. When Gaal and his men come out against you, seize the opportunity to attack them.”

34 So Abimelek and all his troops set out by night and took up concealed positions near Shechem in four companies.

35 Now Gaal son of Ebed had gone out and was standing at the entrance of the city gate just as Abimelek and his troops came out from their hiding place.

36 When Gaal saw them, he said to Zebul, “Look, people are coming down from the tops of the mountains!” Zebul replied, “You mistake the shadows of the mountains for men.”