Abimelech rose up, and all the people who were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.
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Abimelech rose up, and all the people who were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.
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And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.
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And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they lay in wait against Shechem in four companies.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 9:34 And Abimelech rose up, and all the…
Jdg 9:34 And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that [were] with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.
Ver. 34. And Abimelech rose up … by night.] According to Zebul’s advice. It is best not to need good counsel; and it is next best to take it when given. {a}
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{a} Hesiod.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Gaul the son or Ebed went out,.... He…
And Gaul the son or Ebed went out,.... He rose up early that morning, being a man of vigilance and activity, and perhaps had some intelligence of the preparations of Abimelech, his design against the city, though he did not expect he was so near at hand:
and stood in the entering of the gate of the city; to see whether the guards were on their duty within, and whether he could observe any thing without, any approaching danger:
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and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from lying in wait; came out of their ambush, and appeared just as Gaul was at the gate.
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Places. Hebrew, "companies, (Haydock) or heads." He divided his…
Places. Hebrew, "companies, (Haydock) or heads." He divided his army into four parts, over each of which he appointed a commander. (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 34. Four companies — So as to attack the…
34. Four companies — So as to attack the city at different points.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (34) Four companies.—Literally, four heads. (Comp. Jdg_7:16.)
(34) Four companies.—Literally, four heads. (Comp. Jdg_7:16.)
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 all the men who were with him
all the men who were with him
"all the men accompanying Abimelech" or "all the men fighting for Abimelech"
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they set an ambush against Shechem
Here "Shechem" represents the people of Shechem. AT: "they hid in order to attack the people of Shechem by surprise" (See: Metonymy)
dividing into four units
"separating into 4 groups" (See: Numbers)
Gaal ... Ebed
See how you translated these names in Judges 9:26.
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Abimelech
Shechem
gate
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