Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.
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Gill's Exposition
Thus they enclosed the Benjaminites round about,.... Surrounded them on all sides, the army of Israel being posted in different places, and people coming out of all the cities to their assistance.…
Barnes' Notes
The way of the wilderness - i. e., the wilderness which extended from Jericho to the hills of Bethel. Them which came out of the cities - These must be the Benjamites Jdg 20:15. Hence, “in the midst…
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
unto the way of the wilderness in the direction of the barren hilly region, E. of Gibeah, which descends from the Central Highlands to the Jordan valley.
out of the cities i.e. the Benjamite cities on…
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