Judges 9:34 Meaning and Explanation
“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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What Does Judges 9:34 Mean?
Acting on Zebul's plan, Abimelech rises by night with all his men and arranges them in four companies, lying in wait around Shechem to spring at dawn.
The careful deployment shows a practiced hand at war, the same energy once spent murdering his brothers now turned on the city that crowned him. Jotham's 'fire from Abimelech to devour Shechem' is beginning to burn. The king and the city are at last openly at war, each the instrument of the other's ruin, and the long-foretold mutual destruction draws near.
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What does Judges 9:34 mean?
Abimelech moves by night and sets his forces in four ambush companies around Shechem.