Judges 20:37-39

Expanded Bible

³⁷ The men in ·hiding [ambush] rushed into Gibeah, spread out, and killed everyone in the city with ·their swords [^Lthe edge of the sword]. ³⁸ Now the Israelites had set up a signal with the men in hiding. The men in the ·surprise attack [ambush] were to send up a cloud of smoke from the city. ³⁹ Then the army of Israel ·turned around in the battle [counterattacked; ^Ca similar strategy was used against Ai; Josh. 8].

The Benjaminites had killed about thirty Israelites. They were saying, “·We are winning [They are defeated], as in the first battle!”