Judges 20:37
And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.
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Gill's Exposition
Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait,.... Or an appointed time (z) as the Targum; so Kimchi and Abarbinel. There was a time fixed, at which the men of Israel…
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…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
hasted and rushed as did the ambush at Ai, Jos 8:19; but the words are different. See Jdg 9:33 n.
drew themselves along Cf. Jdg 4:6. But the massacre of the inhabitants anticipates the signal; the…