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42 Therefore they turned away from the Israelites in the direction of the wilderness, but the battle overtook them, and those who came out of the city[a] were striking them down in between.[b]

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  1. 20.42 Compare Vg and Gk mss: Heb cities
  2. 20.42 Compare Syr: Meaning of Heb uncertain

Since the days of Gibeah you have sinned, O Israel;
    there they have continued.
    Shall not war overtake them in Gibeah?(A)

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They have deeply corrupted themselves
    as in the days of Gibeah;
he will remember their iniquity;
    he will punish their sins.(A)

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Judah has gone into exile with suffering
    and hard servitude;
she lives now among the nations;
    she finds no resting place;
her pursuers have all overtaken her
    in the midst of her distress.(A)

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24 When Israel had finished killing all the inhabitants of Ai in the open wilderness where they pursued them, and when all of them to the very last had fallen by the edge of the sword, all Israel returned to Ai and attacked it with the edge of the sword.

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15 And Joshua and all Israel made a pretense of being beaten before them and fled in the direction of the wilderness.

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