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Judges 20:36

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So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.

So the children {H1121} of Benjamin {H1144} saw {H7200} that they were smitten {H5062}: for the men {H376} of Israel {H3478} gave {H5414} place {H4725} to the Benjamites {H1145}, because they trusted {H982} unto the liers in wait {H693} which they had set {H7760} beside Gibeah {H1390}.

and the people of Binyamin realized that they had been beaten. The men of Isra'el, trusting the ones they had put in place to ambush Binyamin, gave ground to the men of Binyamin.

Then the Benjamites realized they had been defeated. Now the men of Israel had retreated before Benjamin because they were relying on the ambush they had set against Gibeah.

So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten; for the men of Israel gave place to Benjamin, because they trusted unto the liers-in-wait whom they had set against Gibeah.

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Cross-References

  • Joshua 8:15 (2 votes)

    And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

  • Joshua 8:29 (2 votes)

    And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, [that remaineth] unto this day.