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.
47. Six hundred survivors turned and ran away to the wilderness, to the cliff of Rimmon. They stayed there four months.
48. The Israelites returned to the Benjaminite towns and put the sword to them. They wiped out the cities, the animals, and everything they could find. They set fire to every city in their path.