Judges 9:43 meaning and explanation

So he took his men, divided them into three companies, and lay in wait in the fields. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he rose up against them and attacked them.

Judges 9:43, Berean Standard Bible

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Abimelech, the self-made king of Judges 9, has just driven his rival Gaal from Shechem. When the city's people go out into the fields the next day, he divides his men into three companies and ambushes them, attacking as they emerge.

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