41. When the Israelites turned around, the Benjaminites panicked because they could see that disaster was on their doorstep.
42. 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.
43. They surrounded the Benjaminites, chased them from Nohah, and annihilated them all the way to a spot east of Geba.
44. Eighteen thousand Benjaminites, all of them capable warriors, fell dead.
45. The rest turned and ran toward the wilderness, heading toward the cliff of Rimmon. But the Israelites caught five thousand of them on the main roads. They stayed right on their heels all the way to Gidom and struck down two thousand more.
46. That day twenty-five thousand sword-wielding Benjaminites fell in battle, all of them capable warriors.