Judges 20
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Judges 20:29-35

29So IsraelH3478 set upH7760 an ambushH693H413 aroundH5439 GibeahH1390. 30On the thirdH7992 dayH3117 the IsraelitesH1121H3478 went upH5927 againstH413 the BenjamitesH1121H1144 and arrayed themselvesH6186 againstH413 GibeahH1390 as they had done beforeH6471. 31The BenjamitesH1121H1144 came outH3318 againstH7122 them and were drawn awayH5423 fromH4480 the cityH5892. They beganH2490 to attackH5221 the peopleH5971 as beforeH6471, killingH2491 about thirtyH7970 menH376 of IsraelH3478 in the fieldsH7704 and on the roadsH4546, oneH259 of whichH834 led upH5927 toH1008 BethelH1008 and the otherH259 to GibeahH1390.

32“We are defeating themH5062 as beforeH1992H6440H7223,” saidH559 the BenjamitesH1121H1144.

But the IsraelitesH1121H3478 saidH559, “Let us retreatH5127 and draw them awayH5423 fromH4480 the cityH5892 ontoH413 the roadsH4546.”

33So allH3605 the menH376 of IsraelH3478 got upH6965 from their placesH4725 and arrayed themselvesH6186 at Baal-tamarH1193, and the IsraelitesH3478 in ambushH693 chargedH1518 from their positionsH4725 westH4629 of GibeahH1387.1 34Then 10,000H6235H505 selectH977 menH376 from allH3605 IsraelH3478 made a frontalH5048 assaultH935 against GibeahH1390, and the battleH4421 was fierceH3513. But the BenjamitesH1992 did notH3808 realizeH3045 thatH3588 disasterH7451 was uponH5060 themH5921. 35The LORDH3068 defeatedH5062 BenjaminH1144 in the presenceH6440 of IsraelH3478, and on thatH1931 dayH3117 the IsraelitesH1121H3478 slaughteredH7843 25,100H6242H2568H505H3967 BenjamitesH376H1144, allH3605H428 armedH8025 with swordsH2719.

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Notes

  1. 1. Judges 20:33 Some LXX manuscripts and Vulgate; Hebrew charged from their positions in Maareh-geba or charged from their positions into the open space of Geba ↩

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