World English Bible
"Israel set ambushes all around Gibeah."
— Judges 20:29, World English Bible
“And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.”
“And Israel set liers-in-wait against Gibeah round about. ”
“So Israel hid men in ambush outside Gibeah.”
“And the children of Israel set ambushes round about the city of Gabaa:”
“So Israel put men secretly all round Gibeah to make a surprise attack on it.”
“And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.”
Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came to Bethel, and wept, and sat there before Yahweh, and fasted that day until evening; and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before Yahweh.
The children of Israel asked of Yahweh (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,
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?" Yahweh said, "Go up; for tomorrow I will deliver him into your hand."
Israel set ambushes all around Gibeah.
The children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and set themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.
The children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to strike and kill of the people, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goes up to Bethel, and the other to Gibeah, in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
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."