Abimelech therefore arose with all his army by night, and laid ambushes near Sichem in four places.

And Abim'elech and all the men that were with him rose up by night, and laid wait against Shechem in four companies.

And Abimelech rose, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.

And Abimelech riseth, and all the people who are with him, by night, and they lay wait against Shechem, four detachments;

So Abimelech and the people with him got up by night, in four bands, to make a surprise attack on Shechem.

And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they lay in wait against Shechem in four companies.

And so Abimelech rose up, with all his army, by night, and he set ambushes near Shechem in four places.

And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night,.... According to the advice of Zebul:
and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies; he divided his army into four parts, which he placed on the four sides of the city, at some distance from it, to act as they should have opportunity, to find ways and means of getting into it on either quarter.

On receiving this intelligence, Abimelech rose up during the night with the people that were with him, i.e., with such troops as he had, and placed four companies ("heads" as in Judges 7:16) in ambush against Shechem.