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40 But then the smoke began to rise from the city in a column. The army of Benjamin observed behind them that the whole city was going up in flames[a] straight into the sky! 41 At that point, as the army of Israel turned back to face the army of Benjamin,[b] the army of Benjamin was filled with terror, because they realized that disaster was about to overtake them. 42 So they turned tail and ran away from the army of Israel toward the wilderness, but they were overtaken in battle when soldiers came out from the cities to destroy them.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 20:40 The Heb. lacks in flames
  2. Judges 20:41 The Heb. lacks back to face the army of Benjamin
  3. Judges 20:42 Lit. them among them

40 But when the column of smoke began to rise from the city, the Benjamites turned and saw the whole city going up in smoke.(A) 41 Then the Israelites counterattacked,(B) and the Benjamites were terrified, because they realized that disaster had come(C) on them. 42 So they fled before the Israelites in the direction of the wilderness, but they could not escape the battle. And the Israelites who came out of the towns cut them down there.

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