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32 Now, come up[a] at night with your men[b] and set an ambush in the field outside the city.[c] 33 In the morning at sunrise quickly attack the city. When he and his men come out to fight you, do what you can to him.”[d]

34 So Abimelech and all his men came up[e] at night and set an ambush outside Shechem; they divided into[f] four units.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 9:32 tn Heb “arise.”
  2. Judges 9:32 tn Heb “you and the people who are with you.”
  3. Judges 9:32 tn The words “outside the city” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
  4. Judges 9:33 tn Heb “Look! He and the people who are with him will come out to you, and you will do to him what your hand finds [to do].”
  5. Judges 9:34 tn Heb “and all the people who were with him arose.”
  6. Judges 9:34 tn Heb “four heads.” The words “they divided into” are supplied in the translation for clarification.