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The Fall of Shechem

Judges 9:34

In 11 translations

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.
LSV
And Abimelech rises, and all the people who [are] with him, by night, and they lay wait against Shechem—four detachments;
YLT
And Abimelech riseth, and all the people who [are] with him, by night, and they lay wait against Shechem — four detachments;
DBY
And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they lay in ambush against Shechem in four companies.
DRC
Abimelech therefore arose with all his army by night, and laid ambushes near Sichem in four places.
GNV
So Abimelech rose vp, and all the people that were with him by night: and they lay in wayte against Shechem in foure bandes.
JPS
And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they lay in wait against Shechem in four companies.
LXXE
And Abimelech and all the people with him rose up by night, and formed an ambuscade against Sychem in four companies.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיָּ֧קָם אֲבִימֶ֛לֶךְ וְכָל־הָעָ֥ם אֲשֶׁר־עִמּ֖וֹ לָ֑יְלָה וַיֶּאֶרְב֣וּ עַל־שְׁכֶ֔ם אַרְבָּעָ֖ה רָאשִֽׁים׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἀνέστη Ἀβιμέλεχ καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς μετʼ αὐτοῦ νυκτὸς, καὶ ἐνήδρευσαν ἐπὶ Συχὲμ τέτρασιν ἀρχαῖς.

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👤 Abimelech📍 Shechem◆ Usurpation by Abimelech

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