Judges 20:31

20:31 The Benjaminites attacked ¹  the army, leaving the city unguarded. ²  They began to strike down their enemy ³  just as they had done before. On the main roads (one leads to Bethel, ⁴  the other to Gibeah) and in the field, they struck down ⁵  about thirty Israelites.

Judges 20:45

20:45 The rest ⁶  turned and ran toward the wilderness, heading toward the cliff of Rimmon. But the Israelites ⁷  caught ⁸  five thousand of them on the main roads. They stayed right on their heels ⁹  all the way to Gidom and struck down two thousand more.

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¹ tn Heb “went out to meet.”

² tn Heb “and they were drawn away from the city.”

³ tn Heb “from the army wounded ones.”

⁴ map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

⁵ tn The words “they struck down” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁶ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the rest [of the Benjaminites]) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn Heb “and they”; the referent (the Israelites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tn Heb “gleaned.” The word is an agricultural term which pictures Israelites picking off the Benjaminites as easily as one picks grapes from the vine.

⁹ tn Heb “stuck close after them.”