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23 They went up, wept(A) before the Lord until evening,(B) and enquired of him, ‘Should we again attack our brothers the Benjaminites? ’

And the Lord answered, ‘Fight against them.’

24 On the second day the Israelites advanced against the Benjaminites. 25 That same day the Benjaminites came out from Gibeah to meet them and slaughtered an additional eighteen thousand Israelites on the field; all were armed.

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