NET Bible
"When the Israelites turned around, the Benjaminites panicked because they could see that disaster was on their doorstep."
— Judges 20:41, NET Bible
“And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.”
“And the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed; for they saw that evil was come upon them. ”
“The men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed; for they saw that evil had come on them.”
“They that before had made as if they fled, turning their faces, stood bravely against them. Which the children of Benjamin seeing, turned their backs,”
“And the men of Israel had made a turn about, and the men of Benjamin were overcome with fear, for they saw that evil had overtaken them.”
“And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.”
The Israelites and the men hiding in ambush had arranged a signal. When the men hiding in ambush sent up a smoke signal from the city,
the Israelites counterattacked. Benjamin had begun to strike down the Israelites; they struck down about thirty men. They said,“There’s no doubt about it! They are totally defeated as in the earlier battle.”
But when the signal, a pillar of smoke, began to rise up from the city, the Benjaminites turned around and saw the whole city going up in a cloud of smoke that rose high into the sky.
When the Israelites turned around, the Benjaminites panicked because they could see that disaster was on their doorstep.
They retreated before the Israelites, taking the road to the wilderness. But the battle overtook them as men from the surrounding cities struck them down.
They surrounded the Benjaminites, chased them from Nohah, and annihilated them all the way to a spot east of Geba.
Eighteen thousand Benjaminites, all of them capable warriors, fell dead.