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Judges 9:43

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43So he took his men, divided them into three companiesz and set an ambusha in the fields. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he rose to attack them.

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  1. zSee Jdg 7:16
  2. aJos 8:2

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

He took his people and divided them into three companies and set an ambush in the fields. And he looked and saw the people coming out of the city. So he rose against them and killed them.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He took the troops, divided them into three companies, and waited in ambush in the countryside. He looked, and the people were coming out of the city, so he arose against them and struck them down.

NLTNew Living Translation

he divided his men into three groups and set an ambush in the fields. When Abimelech saw the people coming out of the city, he and his men jumped up from their hiding places and attacked them.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

so he took the army and divided them into three divisions, and he laid an ambush in the field. And he saw the people were coming out from the city, and he arose against them and killed them.

KJV 1900King James Version

And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them.