40 But when the column of smoke began to go up from the city, Benjamin looked behind them, and the whole city was going up in smoke.[a] 41 Then the men of Israel returned, and the men of Benjamin were terrified when they realized that disaster had struck them. 42 They retreated before the men of Israel toward the wilderness,(A) but the battle overtook them, and those who came out of the cities[b] slaughtered those between them.

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Footnotes

  1. 20:40 Lit up to the sky
  2. 20:42 LXX, Vg read city

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