Judges 20:36-46

36So the sons of Benjamin saw that they were 1defeated. 2When the men of Israel gave 3ground to Benjamin because they relied on the men in ambush whom they had set against Gibeah,

374the men in ambush hurried and rushed against Gibeah; the men in ambush also deployed and struck all the city with the edge of the sword.

38Now the agreed sign between the men of Israel and the men in ambush was 5that they would make a great cloud of smoke rise from the city.

39Then the men of Israel turned in the battle, and Benjamin began to strike and kill about thirty men of Israel, 6for they said, “Undoubtedly they are 7defeated before us, as in the first battle.”

40But when the cloud began to rise from the city in a column of smoke, Benjamin looked 8behind them; and behold, the entire city was going up in smoke to heaven.

41Then the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were terrified; for they saw that 9disaster was 10close to them.

42Therefore, they turned their backs before the men of Israel to flee in the 11direction of the wilderness, but the battle overtook them while those who attacked from the cities were annihilating them in the midst of them.

4312They surrounded Benjamin, pursued them without rest, and trampled them down opposite Gibeah toward the 13east.

44So eighteen thousand men of Benjamin fell; all of these were valiant men.

4514The rest turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of 15Rimmon, but they 16caught five thousand of them on the roads and overtook them 17at Gidom, and 18killed two thousand of them.

46So all those of Benjamin who fell that day were twenty-five thousand men who drew the sword; all of these were valiant men.