And he took the people
 That is, the forces he had with him at Arumah: 
 and divided them into three companies:
 each having a separate leader, and the command of one of them he had himself: 
 and laid wait in the field;
 in the field of Shechem, one company in one part, and one in another part of the field: 
 and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth out of the city;
 he watched them when they did: 
 and he rose up against them, and smote them;
 the companies rose up out of their ambush, in different parts, and killed them.