Judges 20:34-36
20:34 Ten thousand men, well-trained soldiers from all Israel, then made a frontal assault against Gibeah – the battle was fierce.
1 But the Benjaminites did not realize that disaster was at their doorstep.
2
20:35 The
Lord annihilated Benjamin before Israel; the Israelites struck down that day 25,100 sword-wielding Benjaminites.
3
20:36 Then the Benjaminites saw they were defeated.
The Israelites retreated before 4 Benjamin, because they had confidence in the men they had hid in ambush outside Gibeah.
1 tn Heb “heavy”; or “severe.”
2 tn Heb “And they did not know that touching against them was disaster.”
3 tn Heb “And the sons of Israel struck down in Benjamin that day 25,100 men, all of these wielding the sword.”
5 tn Heb “gave place to.”