Judges 9:35
Good News Translation
When Abimelech and his men saw Gaal come out and stand at the city gate, they got up from their hiding places.

New Revised Standard Version
When Gaal son of Ebed went out and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city, Abimelech and the troops with him rose from the ambush.

Contemporary English Version
The next morning, Gaal went out and stood in the opening of the town gate. Abimelech and his soldiers left their hiding places,

New American Bible
Gaal, son of Ebed, went out and stood at the entrance of the city gate. When Abimelech and his soldiers rose from their place of ambush,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Gaal, the son of Obed, went out, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city. And Abimelech rose up, and all his army with him, from the places of the ambushes.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Gaal, the son of Obed, went out, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city. And Abimelech rose up, and all his army with him, from the places of the ambushes.

Gaal.

Judges 9:44 With his own company, assaulting and besieging the city: whilst the two other companies chased the enemies that were scattered about the field.

Context
The Fall of Shechem
34Abimelech, therefore, arose with all his army, by night, and laid ambushes near Sichem in four places. 35And Gaal, the son of Obed, went out, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city. And Abimelech rose up, and all his army with him, from the places of the ambushes.36And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul: Behold, a multitude cometh down from the mountains. And he answered him: Thou seest the shadows of the mountains as if they were the heads of men, and this is thy mistake.…
Cross References
Judges 9:26
And Gaal, the son of Obed, came with his brethren, and went over to Sichem. And the inhabitants of Sichem, taking courage at his coming,

Judges 9:34
Abimelech, therefore, arose with all his army, by night, and laid ambushes near Sichem in four places.

Judges 9:36
And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul: Behold, a multitude cometh down from the mountains. And he answered him: Thou seest the shadows of the mountains as if they were the heads of men, and this is thy mistake.

Judges 9:34
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