Judges 20:37-39

New Catholic Bible

³⁷ The men who had been in ambush made a sudden rush toward Gibeah. The men in ambush marched in and put the entire city to the sword. ³⁸ The Israelites had arranged with those who were in ambush that they should raise up flame and a great cloud of smoke from out of the city. ³⁹ The Israelites would then turn around in the battle.

The Benjaminites had begun to overcome and kill the Israelites, about thirty of them, and they were saying to themselves, “Surely we are striking them down before us as we did in the first battle.” Read full chapter