38 Now the agreed sign between the men of Israel and the men in ambush was (A)that they would make a great cloud of smoke rise from the city. 39 Then the men of Israel turned in the battle, and Benjamin began to strike and kill about thirty men of Israel, (B)for they said, “Undoubtedly they are [a]defeated before us, as in the first battle.” 40 But when the cloud began to rise from the city in a column of smoke, Benjamin looked (C)behind them; and behold, the entire city was going up in smoke to heaven.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 20:39 Lit struck

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