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33 And all the men of Israel got up from their places[a] and took up positions in Baal Tamar; and the ambush of Israel charged from their places,[b] from the vicinity of Gibeah.[c] 34 Then ten thousand well-trained[d] men from all Israel came out against Gibeah, and the battle became fierce;[e] they did not know that disaster was about to close in[f] on them. 35 And Yahweh defeated Benjamin in the presence of Israel, and the Israelites[g] destroyed on that day twenty-five thousand one hundred men of Benjamin, all of them sword-wielding.[h]

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 20:33 Hebrew “place”
  2. Judges 20:33 Hebrew “place”
  3. Judges 20:33 Hebrew “Geba”
  4. Judges 20:34 Or “choice/chosen”
  5. Judges 20:34 Or “the battle became heavy”
  6. Judges 20:34 Literally “touching”
  7. Judges 20:35 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  8. Judges 20:35 Literally “drawing sword”