And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God , and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
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Gill's Exposition
And the children of Benjamin said, they are smitten down before us, as at first,.... At the first battle, which gave them great spirit, and they concluded they should have victory, as before:
but…
Barnes' Notes
To the house of God - “To Bethel,” as in the margin. On “Gibeah in the field,” see Jos 18:24 note.
We have here a full account of the complete victory which the Israelites obtained over the Benjamites in the third engagement: the righteous cause was victorious at last, when the managers of it…
Cambridge Bible
The opening sentence follows the pattern of Jdg 20:20; Jdg 20:20. The remainder of the v.raises difficulties; it is partly repeated in Jdg 20:20; the pretence of flight does not come properly till Jdg…