9:43. ಅಬೀಮೆಲೆಕನು ತನ್ನ ಸೈನ್ಯವನ್ನು ಮೂರು ಗುಂಪುಗಳಾಗಿ ವಿಂಗಡಿಸಿದನು. ಅವನು ಶೆಕೆಮಿನ ಜನರ ಮೇಲೆ ಹಠಾತ್ತನೆ ಧಾಳಿ ಮಾಡಬಯಸಿದ್ದನು. ಆದುದ್ದರಿಂದ ಅವನು ತನ್ನ ಜನರನ್ನು ಹೊಲಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಅಡಗಿಸಿಟ್ಟನು. ನಗರದಿಂದ ಜನರು ಹೊರಗೆ ಬರುವುದನ್ನು ನೋಡಿದ ತಕ್ಷಣ ಅವನು ನೆಗೆದೆದ್ದು ಅವರ ಮೇಲೆ ಧಾಳಿಮಾಡಿದನು.

9:43. ಅವನು ಜನರನ್ನು ತಕ್ಕೊಂಡು ಅವರನ್ನು ಮೂರು ಗುಂಪುಗಳಾಗಿ ಮಾಡಿ ಹೊಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಹೊಂಚಿ ಕೊಂಡನು. ಇಗೋ, ಜನರು ಪಟ್ಟಣದಿಂದ ಹೊರಗೆ ಬಂದರು. ಅವನು ಅವರ ಮೇಲೆ ಎದ್ದು ಬಂದು ಅವರನ್ನು ಹೊಡೆದನು.

9:43. he took his men and divided them into three units and set an ambush in the field. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he attacked and struck them down.

9:43. 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.

9:43. And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field; and he looked, and, behold, the people came forth out of the city; And he rose up against them, and smote them.

9:43. 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.

9:43. 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.

9:43. He took his men and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the fields; and he looked and saw the men coming out of the city, and he rose against them and slew them.

9:43. And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field; and he looked, and, behold, the people came forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them.

9:43. and he taketh the people, and divideth them into three detachments, and layeth wait in a field, and looketh, and lo, the people are coming out from the city, and he riseth against them, and smiteth them.

9:43. So Abimelech separated his men into three groups. He wanted to attack the people of Shechem by surprise. So he hid his men in the fields. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he jumped up and attacked them.

9:43. He took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field; and he looked, and, behold, the people came forth out of the city; He rose up against them, and struck them.

9:43. And he took H3947 H853 the people, H5971 and divided H2673 them into three H7969 companies, H7218 and laid wait H693 in the field, H7704 and looked, H7200 and, behold, H2009 the people H5971 [were] come forth H3318 out of H4480 the city; H5892 and he rose up H6965 against H5921 them , and smote H5221 them.