Judges 20:37 - John Wesley's Notes

Judges 20:37

35 The Lord¹ defeated Benjamin before Israel. And the children of Israel destroyed that day twenty-five thousand one hundred Benjamites; all these drew the sword.

36 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were defeated. ^aThe men of Israel had given ground to the Benjamites, because they relied on the men in ambush whom they had set against Gibeah.

37 ^aAnd the men in ambush quickly rushed upon Gibeah; the men in ambush spread out and struck the whole city with the edge of the sword.

38 Now the appointed signal between the men of Israel and the men in ambush was that they would make a great cloud of ^asmoke rise up from the city,

39 whereupon the men of Israel would turn in battle. Now Benjamin had begun¹ to strike and kill about thirty of the men of Israel. For they said, “Surely they are defeated before us, as in the first battle.”

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John Wesley's Notes

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Drew along - Or, extended themselves; whereas before they lay close and contracted into a narrow compass, now they spread themselves, and marched in rank and file as armies do.

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