Then someone from the army informed him, &#8220;Your father put the army under a strict oath<n id="1" /> saying, &#8216;Cursed be the man who eats food today!&#8217; That is why the army is tired.&#8221;

The Benjaminites attacked<n id="1" /> the army, leaving the city unguarded.<n id="2" /> They began to strike down their enemy<n id="3" /> just as they had done before. On the main roads (one leads to Bethel,<n id="4" /> the other to Gibeah) and in the field, they struck down<n id="5" /> about thirty Israelites.