Judges 20:32-34

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³² The ·Benjaminites [^Lsons/descendants of Benjamin] said, “We are winning as before!”

But the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel] said, “Let’s ·run [retreat; flee]. Let’s ·trick them into going farther away [^Ldraw/lure them away] from their city and onto the roads.”

³³ All the Israelites moved from their places and got into battle positions at a place named Baal Tamar. Then the Israelites ·ran out [charged; jumped up] from their hiding places ·west of Gibeah [or from Maareh-geba]. ³⁴ Ten thousand of the ·best trained [elite; chosen] soldiers from all of Israel attacked Gibeah. The battle was very hard. The Benjaminites did not know disaster was ·about to come to them [close at hand; ^Ltouching against them].