Judges 20:29
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So Israel set up an ambush around Gibeah.”
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BSBPD
“So Israel set up an ambush around Gibeah.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“And Israel set liers-in-wait against Gibeah round about.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And Israel setteth liers in wait against Gibeah, round about,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Judges 20:29 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 8:2And you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that you may carry off their plunder and livestock for yourselves. Set up an ambush behind the city.”
- Joshua 8:4with these orders: “Pay attention. You are to lie in ambush behind the city, not too far from it. All of you must be ready.
- Judges 20:34Then 10,000 select men from all Israel made a frontal assault against Gibeah, and the battle was fierce. But the Benjamites did not realize that disaster was upon them.
- 2 Samuel 5:23So David inquired of the LORD, who answered, “Do not march straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.
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