So Israel hid men in ambush outside Gibeah.

Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah – a total of ten cities and their towns.

O Israel, you have sinned since the time of Gibeah, and there you have remained. Did not war overtake the evildoers in Gibeah?

The Israelites got up the next morning and moved against Gibeah.

Ithai son of Ribai from Gibeah in Benjaminite territory, Benaiah the Pirathonite,

The Benjaminites came from their cities and assembled at Gibeah to make war against the Israelites.

The men of Israel marched out to fight Benjamin; they arranged their battle lines against Gibeah.

Then Samuel went to Ramah, while Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.

Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai son of Ribai from Gibeah in Benjamin,

The Benjaminites attacked from Gibeah and struck down twenty-two thousand Israelites that day.

So they traveled on, and the sun went down when they were near Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin.

Now this is what we will do to Gibeah: We will attack the city as the lot dictates.

Even Saul went to his home in Gibeah. With him went some brave men whose hearts God had touched.

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

They went through the pass, spent the night at Geba. Ramah trembled, Gibeah of Saul ran away.

He said to his servant, “Come on, we will go into one of the other towns and spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”

The Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Isn’t David hiding on the hill of Hakilah near Jeshimon?”

They have sunk deep into corruption as in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their wrongdoing. He will repay them for their sins.

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

The men hiding in ambush made a mad dash to Gibeah. They attacked and put the sword to the entire city.