“And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them.”
And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field: and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them — Abimelech divides forces into three companies (שְׁלוֹשׁ מִשְׁמָרוֹת, shalosh mishmarot) and ambushes civilians in the field. The verb 'smote' marks massacre.
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