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Judges 20:39-43

Judges 20:39

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

Judges 20:40

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

Judges 20:41

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

Judges 20:42

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

Judges 20:43

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