^29 (A)So Israel set men in ambush around Gibeah.

⁴ And he commanded them, “Behold, ^(A)you shall lie in ambush against the city, behind it. Do not go very far from the city, but all of you remain ready.

^23 (A)And when David inquired of the Lord, he said, “You shall not go up; go around to their rear, and come against them opposite the balsam trees.

³⁴ And there came against Gibeah 10,000 chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was hard, ^(A)but the Benjaminites did not know that disaster was close upon them.