Judges 20:25

20:25 The Benjaminites again attacked them from Gibeah and struck down eighteen thousand sword-wielding Israelite soldiers. ¹ 

Judges 20:34

20:34 Ten thousand men, well-trained soldiers from all Israel, then made a frontal assault against Gibeah – the battle was fierce. ²  But the Benjaminites did not realize that disaster was at their doorstep. ³ 

Judges 20:36

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.

[20:25]  ¹ tn Heb “And Benjamin went out to meet them from Gibeah the second day, and they struck down among the sons of Israel eighteen thousand men to the ground, all of these were wielding the sword.”

[20:34]  ² tn Heb “heavy”; or “severe.”

[20:34]  ³ tn Heb “And they did not know that touching against them was disaster.”

[20:36]  ³ tn Heb “gave place to.”