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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4 additional translationsAnd Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.
So Abimelech and all his troops set out by night and lay in wait against Shechem in four companies.
And Abimelech riseth, and all the people who are with him, by night, and they lay wait against Shechem--four detachments;
And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they lay in ambush against Shechem in four companies.
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Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJudges — The post-conquest slide into cyclical apostasy. Twelve judges delivering Israel from successive oppressors, a pattern repeating seven times, and an appendix whose violence diagnoses a nation with no king.
- Author
- Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel (Bava Batra 14b)
- Date
- Events c. 1375–1050 BC; compilation during the early monarchy