Judges 20:37 “The men in ambush rushed suddenly against Gibeah; they advanced and pu…”

Judges 20:37

The men in ambush rushed suddenly against Gibeah; they advanced and put the whole city to the sword.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.

World English Bible

The ambushers hurried, and rushed on Gibeah; then the ambushers spread out, and struck all the city with the edge of the sword.

American Standard Version

And the liers-in-wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers-in-wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.

Geneva Bible 1599

And they that lay in wait hasted, and brake forth toward Gibeah, and the ambushment drewe themselues along, and smote all the citie with the edge of the sword.

Darby Translation

And the ambush hasted, and fell upon Gibeah; and the ambush drew along, and smote the whole city with the edge of the sword.

Young's Literal Translation

and the ambush have hasted, and push against Gibeah, and the ambush draweth itself out, and smiteth the whole of the city by the mouth of the sword.

Bible in Basic English

And the watchers, rushing on Gibeah and overrunning it, put all the town to the sword without mercy.

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Cross references

“the liers in wait hasted”

Joshua 8:19

Joshua 8:19 · BSB

and as soon as he did so, the men in ambush rose quickly from their position. They rushed forward, entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.

“drew themselves along”

Exodus 19:13 Joshua 6:5

Exodus 19:13 · BSB

No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot with arrows—whether man or beast, he must not live.’ Only when the ram’s horn sounds a long blast may they approach the mountain. ”

Joshua 6:5 · BSB

And when there is a long blast of the ram’s horn and you hear its sound, have all the people give a mighty shout. Then the wall of the city will collapse and all your people will charge straight into the city. ”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

36Then 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.

38The men of Israel had arranged a signal with the men in ambush: When they sent up a great cloud of smoke from the city,

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