35. The Lord defeated Benjamin before Israel, and on that day the Israelites struck down 25,100 Benjaminites, all armed with swords.
36. Then the Benjaminites saw that they were beaten.Now the men of Israel had given way before Benjamin, because they relied on the ambush they had set near Gibeah.
37. Those who had been in ambush made a sudden dash into Gibeah, spread out and put the whole city to the sword.
38. The Israelites had arranged with the ambush that they should send up a great cloud of smoke from the city,
39. and then the Israelites would counterattack.The Benjaminites had begun to inflict casualties on the Israelites (about thirty), and they said, ‘We are defeating them as in the first battle.’
40. But when the column of smoke began to rise from the city, the Benjaminites turned and saw the whole city going up in smoke.