30. When Zebul the commander of the city heard the words of Gaal son of Ebed, he became angry,
31. and he sent messengers to Abimelech in Tormah, saying, “Look, Gaal son of Ebed and his relatives are coming to Shechem, and they are stirring up the city against you.
32. So then, get up by night, you and the army that is with you, and lie in ambush in the field.
33. And in the morning at sunrise, get up and rush the city; and look, when he and the troops who are with him come out to you, you must act according to whatever opportunity offers itself.
34. So Abimelech and all the army that was with him got up by night, and they lay in ambush against Shechem in four divisions.
35. Gaal son of Ebed went out and stood at the entrance of the city gate, and Abimelech and the army that was with him got up from the ambush.