Judges 20:43-45

Contemporary English Version

⁴³who were having to fight on all sides. The Israelite soldiers never let up their attack.^[a] They chased and killed the warriors of Benjamin as far as a place directly east of Gibeah,^[b] ⁴⁴until 18,000 of these warriors lay dead.

⁴⁵Some other warriors of Benjamin turned and ran down the road toward Rimmon Rock in the desert. The Israelites killed 5,000 of them on the road, then chased the rest until they had killed^[c] 2,000 more.

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Footnotes

20.42,43 Men even came out … their attack: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
20.43 Gibeah: Or “Geba.”
20.45 until … killed: Or “as far as Gidom, killing.”