Judges 20:5

20:5 The leaders of Gibeah attacked me and at night surrounded the house where I was staying. ¹  They wanted to kill me; instead they abused my concubine so badly that she died.

Judges 20:20-21

20:20 The men of Israel marched out to fight Benjamin; they ²  arranged their battle lines against Gibeah. 20:21 The Benjaminites attacked from Gibeah and struck down twenty-two thousand Israelites that day. ³ 

Judges 20:30

20:30 The Israelites attacked the Benjaminites the next day; ⁴  they took their positions against Gibeah just as they had done before.

Judges 20:36-37

20:36 Then the Benjaminites saw they were defeated.

The Israelites retreated before ⁵  Benjamin, because they had confidence in the men they had hid in ambush outside Gibeah. 20:37 The men hiding in ambush made a mad dash ⁶  to Gibeah. They ⁷  attacked ⁸  and put the sword to the entire city.

[20:5]  ¹ tn Heb “arose against me and surrounded against me the house at night.”

[20:20]  ² tn Heb “the men of Israel.” The noun phrase has been replaced by the pronoun (“they”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[20:21]  ³ tn Heb “The sons of Benjamin came out of Gibeah and they struck down in Israel that day twenty-two thousand men to the ground.”

[20:30]  ⁴ tn Heb “the third day.”

[20:36]  ⁵ tn Heb “gave place to.”

[20:37]  ⁶ tn Heb “hurried and put off [their hiding place].”

[20:37]  ⁷ tn Heb “the men hiding in ambush.”

[20:37]  ⁸ tn Or “deployed.” The verb normally means “to lead” or “to draw.”