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The liers-in-wait hurried, and rushed on Gibeah; and the liers-in-wait drew themselves along, and struck all the city with the edge of the sword.
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The Ambush in Action
Commentators explain this verse details the successful execution of the ambush. The soldiers rushed the city, spread out to control it, and enacted total judgment ('with the edge of the sword'). Scholars note a debate over whether the phrase 'drew themselves along' refers to the soldiers spreading out or to making a long trumpet sound as a signal.
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19th Century
Anglican
Results of the ambuscade. (Compare to Joshua 8:15 and Joshua 8:19-20.)
Drew themselves along. —The marginal suggestion,
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the liers in wait hastened When the time was come agreed upon for them to rise out of their ambush:
Presbyterian
The Israelites' abhorrence of the crime committed at Gibeah, and their resolution to punish the criminals, were right; but they formed their resolv…
