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37 (A)So the men in ambush hurried and rushed against Gibeah. Then the men in ambush deployed and struck all the city with the edge of the sword. 38 Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the men in ambush was (B)that they would make a great cloud of smoke rise from the city. 39 So the men of Israel had turned around in the battle, and Benjamin had begun to strike [a]and slay about thirty men of Israel, (C)for they said, “Surely they are [b]defeated before us, as in the first battle.”

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 20:39 Lit slain ones
  2. Judges 20:39 Lit smitten