⁵ who killed about thirty-six^(A) of them. They chased the Israelites from the city gate as far as the stone quarries and struck them down on the slopes. At this the hearts of the people melted in fear^(B) and became like water.

³² While the Benjamites were saying, “We are defeating them as before,”^(A) the Israelites were saying, “Let’s retreat and draw them away from the city to the roads.”