Arise therefore in the night with the people that is with thee and he hid in the field:

Now therefore, go by night, you and the men that are with you, and lie in wait in the fields.

Now therefore rise by night, thou, and the people that are with thee, and lie in wait in the field:

and, now, rise by night, thou and the people who are with thee, and lay wait in the field,

So now, get up by night, you and your people, and keep watch in the field secretly;

And so, rise up in the night, with the people who are with you, and lie hidden in the field.

Now therefore up by night,.... The night following, that no time might be lost:
and the people that is with thee; the troops he had with him; not only such he had for his own guards, but what he had been raising, having intelligence before this of the revolt of the Shechemites from him:
and lie in wait in the fields; he thought it most advisable for him to march with the forces he had, from the place where he was in the night, and less liable to be discovered, and remain in the fields of Shechem till morning, and then come upon Shechemites before they were aware, and surprise them.

At the same time he called upon Abimelech to draw near, with the people that he had with him, during the night, and to lie in wait in the field (ארב, to place one's self in ambush), and the next morning to spread out with his army against the town; and when Gaal went out with his followers, he was to do to him "as his hand should find," i.e., to deal with him as he best could and would under the circumstances. (On this formula, see at 1-Samuel 10:7; 1-Samuel 25:8.)