Judges 20:36 - Forerunner Commentary

Judges 20:36

34 And ten thousand select men from all Israel came against Gibeah, and the battle was fierce. ^aBut the Benjamites did not know that disaster was upon them.

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.”

40 But when the cloud began to rise from the city in a column of smoke, the Benjamites ^alooked behind them, and there was the whole city going up in smoke to heaven.

41 And when the men of Israel turned back, the men of Benjamin panicked, for they saw that disaster had come upon them.

Verse Comparison: Judges 20:36

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American Standard Version
So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten; for the men of Israel gave place to Benjamin, because they trusted unto the liers-in-wait whom they had set against Gibeah.

Amplified® Bible
So the Benjamites saw that they were defeated. The men of Israel gave ground to the Benjamites, because they trusted in the men in ambush whom they had set against Gibeah.

Contemporary English Version
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Darby English Version
So the Benjaminites saw that they were defeated. The men of Israel gave ground to Benjamin, because they trusted to the men in ambush whom they had set against Gib'e-ah.

Good News Bible
and the Benjaminites realized they were defeated. The main body of the Israelite army had retreated from the Benjaminites because they were relying on the men that they had put in hiding around Gibeah.

King James Version
So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.

New American Standard Bible
So the sons of Benjamin saw that they were defeated. When the men of Israel gave ground to Benjamin because they relied on the men in ambush whom they had set against Gibeah,

New International Version
Then the Benjamites saw that they were beaten.
Now the men of Israel had given way before Benjamin, because they relied on the ambush they had set near Gibeah.

New King James Version
So the children of Benjamin saw that they were defeated. The men of Israel had given ground to the Benjamites, because they relied on the men in ambush whom they had set against Gibeah.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
So the sons of Benjamin saw that they had suffered defeat. When the men of Israel gave ground to Benjamin because they relied on the men in ambush whom they had set against Gibeah,

Revised Standard Version
So the Benjaminites saw that they were defeated. The men of Israel gave ground to Benjamin, because they trusted to the men in ambush whom they had set against Gib'e-ah.

Young's Literal Translation
And the sons of Benjamin see that they have been smitten -- and the men of Israel give place to Benjamin, for they have trusted unto the ambush which they had set against Gibeah,

New English Translation
Then the Benjaminites saw they were defeated. The Israelites retreated before¹ Benjamin, because they had confidence in the men they had hid in ambush outside Gibeah.

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