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The children of Benjamin said, They are struck down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them away from the city to the highways.
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A Strategic Deception
Commentators explain that Israel's flight was not genuine cowardice but a calculated military tactic. By pretending to be defeated 'as at the first,' they lured the overconfident Benjamites away from the safety of their city and into the open highways, setting them up for an ambush.
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19th Century
Anglican
Said, Let us flee. In a later historical style, the plan of the feigned flight would have been mentioned earlier.
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the children of Benjamin said, they are smitten down before us, as at first At th…
Presbyterian
The Israelites' abhorrence of the crime committed at Gibeah, and their resolution to punish the criminals, were right; but they formed their resolv…
