Judges 9:34
32 Now then, tonight you and the people with you are to come and lie in wait in the fields.
33 And in the morning at sunrise, get up and advance against the city. When Gaal and his men come out against you, do to them whatever you are able.”
So Abimelech and all his troops set out by night and lay in wait against Shechem in four companies.
35 Now Gaal son of Ebed went out and stood at the entrance of the city gate just as Abimelech and his men came out from their hiding places.
36 When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, “Look, people are coming down from the mountains!” But Zebul replied, “The shadows of the mountains look like men to you.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- So Abimelech and all his troops set out by night and lay in wait against Shechem in four companies.
- KJV
- And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.
- WEB
- Abimelech rose up, and all the people who were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.
- ASV
- And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.
- DARBY
- And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they lay in ambush against Shechem in four companies.
- BLB
- And Abimelech rose, and all the people who [were] with him, by night, and they lay in wait against Shechem in four companies.
- ÅB
- Så brøt Abimelek opp om natten med alle de folk han hadde hos seg, og de la seg i bakhold mot Sikem i fire hoper.
- OTB
- Så sto Abimelek og hele folket med ham opp om natten og tok opp skjulte posisjoner nær Sikem i fire grupper.
- B1930
- Så brøt Abimelek op om natten med alle de folk han hadde hos sig, og de la sig i bakhold mot Sikem i fire hoper.