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The men of Israel turned in the battle, and Benjamin began to strike and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons; for they said, Surely they are struck down before us, as in the first battle.
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A Calculated Retreat
Commentators explain that Israel's retreat was not a sign of defeat but a deliberate military strategy. John Gill calls it an 'artifice,' a feigned flight designed to lure the Benjamite army away from the safety of their city and into a planned ambush.
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19th Century
Anglican
And when the men of Israel retired. —This merely repeats with more graphic details the fact already mentioned in Judges 2…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when the men of Israel retired in the battle Which is before expressed by their fleeing, and giving place to the Benj…
Presbyterian
The Israelites' abhorrence of the crime committed at Gibeah, and their resolution to punish the criminals, were right; but they formed their resolv…
