42. They retreated before the men of Israel toward the wilderness, but the battle overtook them, and those who came out of the cities slaughtered those between them.
43. They surrounded the Benjaminites, pursued them, and easily overtook them near Gibeah toward the east.
44. There were 18,000 men who died from Benjamin; all were warriors.
45. Then Benjamin turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and Israel killed 5,000 men on the highways. They overtook them at Gidom and struck 2,000 more dead.
46. All the Benjaminites who died that day were 25,000 armed men; all were warriors.
47. But 600 men escaped into the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon and stayed there four months.
48. The men of Israel turned back against the other Benjaminites and killed them with their swords — the entire city, the animals, and everything that remained. They also burned down all the cities that remained.