Judges 20:32-34

The Voice

³² and the warriors of Benjamin thought they would succeed again.

But the Israelites were following a new plan: they began to retreat to draw the Benjaminites farther away from the city toward the roads. ³³ So the majority of Israelite troops pulled back to a line at Baal-tamar, while the hidden group waiting in ambush rushed out of their hiding place on the plain in Maareh-geba. ³⁴ Then 10,000 of the hardiest Israelite warriors rushed against Gibeah. The battle was a fierce one, and the warriors of Benjamin did not realize that their end was near.