9:34 So Abimelech and all his men came up 1 at night and set an ambush outside Shechem – they divided into 2 four units.
1 tn Heb “and all the people who were with him arose.”
2 tn Heb “four heads.” The words “they divided into” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
3 tn Heb “From days to days,” a Hebrew idiom for “annually.”
4 tn Heb “go to commemorate.” The rare Hebrew verb תָּנָה (tanah, “to tell; to repeat; to recount”) occurs only here and in 5:11.
5 tn The Hebrew text adds, “in the year.” This is redundant (note “every year” at the beginning of the verse) and has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.