Judges 9:32

32 So then, get up [by] night, you and the army that [is] with you, and lie in ambush in the field.

Judges 9:32 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 9:32

Now therefore up by night
The night following, that no time might be lost:

and the people that is with thee;
the troops he had with him; not only such he had for his own guards, but what he had been raising, having intelligence before this of the revolt of the Shechemites from him:

and lie in wait in the fields;
he thought it most advisable for him to march with the forces he had, from the place where he was in the night, and less liable to be discovered, and remain in the fields of Shechem till morning, and then come upon Shechemites before they were aware, and surprise them.

Judges 9:32 In-Context

30 When Zebul the commander of the city heard the words of Gaal son of Ebed, {he became angry},

31 and he sent messengers to Abimelech in Tormah, saying, "Look, Gaal son of Ebed and his relatives [are] coming to Shechem, and they [are] stirring up the city against you.

32 So then, get up [by] night, you and the army that [is] with you, and lie in ambush in the field.

33 And in the morning at sunrise, get up and rush the city; and look, when he and the troops who [are] with him come out to you, {you must act according to whatever opportunity offers itself}.

34 So Abimelech and all the army that [was] with him got up [by] night, and they lay in ambush against Shechem [in] four divisions.