# all the men who were with him

"all the men accompanying Abimelech" or "all the men fighting for Abimelech"

# they set an ambush against Shechem

Here "Shechem" represents the people of Shechem. AT: "they hid in order to attack the people of Shechem by surprise" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# dividing into four units

"separating into 4 groups" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# Gaal ... Ebed

See how you translated these names in [Judges 9:26](./26.md).

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/abimelech]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/shechem]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/gate]]