Judges 20:36-38

Christian Standard Bible

³⁶ Then the Benjaminites realized they had been defeated.

The men of Israel had retreated before Benjamin, because they were confident in the ambush they had set against Gibeah. ³⁷ The men in ambush had rushed quickly against Gibeah; they advanced and put the whole city to the sword.^{(A) 38} The men of Israel had a prearranged signal with the men in ambush: when they sent up a great cloud of smoke from the city,