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40 But when the cloud, a column of smoke, began to rise out of the city, the Benjaminites looked behind them—and there was the whole city going up in smoke towards the sky! 41 Then the main body of Israel turned, and the Benjaminites were dismayed, for they saw that disaster was close upon them. 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 slaughtering them in between.[b]

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  1. Judges 20:42 Compare Vg and some Gk Mss: Heb cities
  2. Judges 20:42 Compare Syr: Meaning of Heb uncertain

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