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Judges 20:37-39
New International Version
Judges 20:37-39
New International Version
37 Those who had been in ambush made a sudden dash into Gibeah, spread out and put the whole city to the sword.(A) 38 The Israelites had arranged with the ambush that they should send up a great cloud of smoke(B) from the city,(C) 39 and then the Israelites would counterattack.
The Benjamites had begun to inflict casualties on the Israelites (about thirty), and they said, “We are defeating them as in the first battle.”(D)
Judges 20:37-39
King James Version
Judges 20:37-39
King James Version
37 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.
38 Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.
39 And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.
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