'Lying in wait' in the Bible
And if he stabs him from hatred, or hurls at him by lying in wait, so that he dies,
But if he thrusts him suddenly without hatred, or has thrown something on him without lying in wait,
And the men of Shechem set men lying in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that passed by. And it was told to Abimelech.
And Gaal the son of Ebed went out and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city. And Abimelech rose up, and the people with him, from lying in wait.
He was a bear lying in wait for me, a lion in secret places.
But do not yield to them, for there are more than forty men of them lying in wait for him, who have bound themselves with an oath that they will neither eat nor drink until they have killed him. And now they are ready, looking for a promise from you.