Judges 20:40-42

20:40 But when the signal, a pillar of smoke, began to rise up from the city, the Benjaminites turned around and saw the whole city going up in a cloud of smoke that rose high into the sky. ¹  20:41 When the Israelites turned around, the Benjaminites panicked ²  because they could see that disaster was on their doorstep. ³  20:42 They retreated before the Israelites, taking the road to the wilderness. But the battle overtook ⁴  them as men from the surrounding cities struck them down. ⁵ 

¹ tn Heb “Benjamin turned after him and, look, the whole city went up toward the sky.”

² tn Or “were terrified.”

³ tn Heb “disaster touched against them.”

⁴ tn Heb “clung to”; or “stuck close.”

⁵ tn Heb “and those from the cities were striking them down in their midst.”