9:34 So Abimelech and all his men came up 3 at night and set an ambush outside Shechem – they divided into 4 four units.
1 tn Heb “heads.”
2 tn Heb “the jars.” The noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“them”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
sn They hid the torches inside the earthenware jars to disguise their approach and to keep the torches from being extinguished by the breeze.
3 tn Heb “and all the people who were with him arose.”
4 tn Heb “four heads.” The words “they divided into” are supplied in the translation for clarification.