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Judges 20:29

And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.
Judges 20:29 · King James Version

In other versions

  • And Israel set liers-in-wait against Gibeah round about.

    ASV

  • So Israel put men secretly all round Gibeah to make a surprise attack on it.

    BBE

  • So Israel set men in ambush round about Gib'e-ah.

    DBY

  • Israel set liers-in-wait against Gibeah round about.

    WEB

  • And Israel setteth liers in wait against Gibeah, round about,

    YLT

  • And Israel set hidden attackers in wait round about Gibeah.

    ENG

  • And Israel set liers in wait around Gibeah.

    WBT

  • So Israel set up an ambush around Gibeah.

    BSB

In context

27And the children of Israel inquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

28And 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? And the LORD said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.

29And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.

30And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.

31And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.

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