34. 10,000 men, specially chosen out of all Israel, attacked Gibeah, and the fighting was hard. The Benjaminites had not realized that they were about to be destroyed.
35. The Lord gave Israel victory over the army of Benjamin. The Israelites killed 25,100 of the enemy that day,
36. and the Benjaminites realized they were defeated.The main body of the Israelite army had retreated from the Benjaminites because they were relying on the men that they had put in hiding round Gibeah.
37. These men ran quickly towards Gibeah; they spread out in the city and killed everyone there.
38. The main Israelite army and the men in hiding had arranged a signal. When they saw a big cloud of smoke going up from the town,