Judges 20:42-44

New Living Translation

⁴² So they turned around and fled before the Israelites toward the wilderness. But they couldn’t escape the battle, and the people who came out of the nearby towns were also killed.^{[a] 43} The Israelites surrounded the men of Benjamin and chased them relentlessly, finally overtaking them east of Gibeah.^{[b] 44} That day 18,000 of Benjamin’s strongest warriors died in battle.