Judges 20:42

20:42 They retreated before the Israelites, taking the road to the wilderness. But the battle overtook ¹  them as men from the surrounding cities struck them down. ² 

Judges 20:45

20:45 The rest ³  turned and ran toward the wilderness, heading toward the cliff of Rimmon. But the Israelites ⁴  caught ⁵  five thousand of them on the main roads. They stayed right on their heels ⁶  all the way to Gidom and struck down two thousand more.

Judges 20:47

20:47 Six hundred survivors turned and ran away to the wilderness, to the cliff of Rimmon. They stayed there four months.

¹ tn Heb “clung to”; or “stuck close.”

² tn Heb “and those from the cities were striking them down in their midst.”

³ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the rest [of the Benjaminites]) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “and they”; the referent (the Israelites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Heb “gleaned.” The word is an agricultural term which pictures Israelites picking off the Benjaminites as easily as one picks grapes from the vine.

⁶ tn Heb “stuck close after them.”