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Judges 20:40-42

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20:40 But when the signal, a pillar of smoke, began to rise up from the city, the Benjaminites turned around and saw the whole city going up in a cloud of smoke that rose high into the sky. 1  20:41 When the Israelites turned around, the Benjaminites panicked 2  because they could see that disaster was on their doorstep. 3  20:42 They retreated before the Israelites, taking the road to the wilderness. But the battle overtook 4  them as men from the surrounding cities struck them down. 5 

1 tn Heb “Benjamin turned after him and, look, the whole city went up toward the sky.”

2 tn Or “were terrified.”

3 tn Heb “disaster touched against them.”

4 tn Heb “clung to”; or “stuck close.”

5 tn Heb “and those from the cities were striking them down in their midst.”



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