Judges 20:37

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

The men in ambush rushed suddenly against Gibeah; they advanced and put the whole city to the sword.

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KJV

King James Version

And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew [themselves] along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.

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WEB

World English Bible

The ambushers hurried, and rushed on Gibeah; then the ambushers spread out, and struck all the city with the edge of the sword.

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ASV

American Standard Version

And the liers-in-wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers-in-wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Judges 20

³⁵ The LORD defeated Benjamin in the presence of Israel, and on that day the Israelites slaughtered 25,100 Benjamites, all armed with swords.

³⁶ Then the Benjamites realized they had been defeated. Now the men of Israel had retreated before Benjamin because they were relying on the ambush they had set against Gibeah.

³⁷ The men in ambush rushed suddenly against Gibeah; they advanced and put the whole city to the sword.

³⁸ The men of Israel had arranged a signal with the men in ambush: When they sent up a great cloud of smoke from the city,

³⁹ the men of Israel would turn in the battle. When the Benjamites had begun to strike them down, killing about thirty men of Israel, they said, “They are defeated before us as in the first battle.”

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