Judges 3:4

3:4 They were left to test Israel, so the Lord would know if his people would obey the commands he gave their ancestors through Moses. ¹ 

Judges 20:36

20:36 Then the Benjaminites saw they were defeated.

The Israelites retreated before ²  Benjamin, because they had confidence in the men they had hid in ambush outside Gibeah.

¹ tn Heb “to know if they would hear the commands of the Lord which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.”

² tn Heb “gave place to.”