Judges 20:42

Therefore they turned [their backs] before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which [came] out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.

Therefore they turned {H6437} their backs before {H6440} the men {H376} of Israel {H3478} unto the way {H1870} of the wilderness {H4057}; but the battle {H4421} overtook {H1692} them; and them which came out of the cities {H5892} they destroyed {H7843} in the midst {H8432} of them.

they turned their backs on the men of Isra'el and made for the road to the desert. But the battle followed them, and those who came out of the city destroyed them from the rear.

So they fled before the men of Israel toward the wilderness, but the battle overtook them, and the men coming out of the cities struck them down there.

Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle followed hard after them; and they that came out of the cities destroyed them in the midst thereof.

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Cross-References

  • Hosea 10:9 (2 votes)

    ¶ O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.

  • 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.

  • Lamentations 1:3 (2 votes)

    Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.

  • Hosea 9:9 (2 votes)

    They have deeply corrupted [themselves], as in the days of Gibeah: [therefore] he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.

  • Joshua 8:24 (2 votes)

    And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.