Judges 20:37-39

EasyEnglish Bible

^37-38 The Israelites had agreed a sign with their men who were hiding. When those men ran into Gibeah and they destroyed everything there, they would make the sign. They would light a big fire so that the smoke went up into the sky. ³⁹ Then the other Israelite soldiers would turn round to attack the soldiers who were chasing them.

Benjamin's soldiers had begun to kill the Israelites. When they had killed about 30 of them, they said, ‘Look! We are winning again, as we always do!’