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Judges 20:29

Gibeah

27 And the children of Israel enquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

28 And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.

And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.

30 And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.

31 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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BSB
So Israel set up an ambush around Gibeah.
KJV
And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.
WEB
Israel set ambushes all around Gibeah.
ASV
And Israel set liers-in-wait against Gibeah round about.
DARBY
And Israel set liers in wait against Gibeah, round about.
BLB
And Israel set those lying in wait to Gibeah all around.
ÅB
Så la Israel folk i bakhold rundt omkring Gibea.
OTB
Så satte Israel menn i bakhold rundt Gibea.
B1930
Så la Israel folk i bakhold rundt omkring Gibea.

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Cross references

  • Joshua 8:4

    And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:

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  • 2 Samuel 5:23

    And when David enquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.

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  • Judges 20:34

    And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.

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