Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Then Israel set an ambush around Gibeah. New Living Translation So the Israelites set an ambush all around Gibeah. English Standard Version So Israel set men in ambush around Gibeah. Berean Standard Bible So Israel set up an ambush around Gibeah. King James Bible And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah. New King James Version Then Israel set men in ambush all around Gibeah. New American Standard Bible So Israel set men in ambush around Gibeah. NASB 1995 So Israel set men in ambush around Gibeah. NASB 1977 So Israel set men in ambush around Gibeah. Legacy Standard Bible So Israel set men in ambush around Gibeah. Amplified Bible So Israel set men in ambush around Gibeah. Christian Standard Bible So Israel set up an ambush around Gibeah. Holman Christian Standard Bible So Israel set up an ambush around Gibeah. American Standard Version And Israel set liers-in-wait against Gibeah round about. Contemporary English Version The Israelites surrounded Gibeah, but stayed where they could not be seen. English Revised Version And Israel set liers in wait against Gibeah round about. GOD'S WORD® Translation Then Israel placed troops in ambush around Gibeah. Good News Translation So the Israelites put some soldiers in hiding around Gibeah. International Standard Version So Israel set soldiers in ambush around Gibeah. Majority Standard Bible So Israel set up an ambush around Gibeah. NET Bible So Israel hid men in ambush outside Gibeah. New Heart English Bible Israel set ambushes all around Gibeah. Webster's Bible Translation And Israel set liers in wait around Gibeah. World English Bible Israel set ambushes all around Gibeah. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd Israel sets ones lying in wait against Gibeah, all around, Young's Literal Translation And Israel setteth liers in wait against Gibeah, round about, Smith's Literal Translation And Israel will put liers-in-wait against Gibeah round about. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd the children of Israel set ambushes round about the city of Gabaa: Catholic Public Domain Version And the sons of Israel stationed ambushes around the city of Gibeah. New American Bible So Israel set men in ambush around Gibeah. New Revised Standard Version So Israel stationed men in ambush around Gibeah. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleSo Israel set ambushes round about Gibeah. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And the sons of Israel set an ambush against Gebah and they surrounded it OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And Israel set liers-in-wait against Gibeah round about. Brenton Septuagint Translation And the children of Israel set an ambush against Gabaa round about it. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Civil War Against Benjamin…28and Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, served before it.) The Israelites asked, “Should we again go out to battle against our brothers the Benjamites, or should we stop?” The LORD answered, “Fight, for tomorrow I will deliver them into your hand.” 29So Israel set up an ambush around Gibeah. 30On the third day the Israelites went up against the Benjamites and arrayed themselves against Gibeah as they had done before.… Cross References Joshua 8:4-7 with these orders: “Pay attention. You are to lie in ambush behind the city, not too far from it. All of you must be ready. / Then I and all the troops with me will advance on the city. When they come out against us as they did the first time, we will flee from them. / They will pursue us until we have drawn them away from the city, for they will say, ‘The Israelites are running away from us as they did before.’ So as we flee from them, ... 2 Samuel 5:23-25 So 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. / As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move quickly, because this will mean that the LORD has gone out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.” / So David did as the LORD had commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer. 2 Chronicles 13:13 Now Jeroboam had sent troops around to ambush from the rear, so that while he was in front of Judah, the ambush was behind them. Joshua 8:12 Now Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set up an ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city. 1 Samuel 15:5 Saul came to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley. 2 Kings 7:12 So the king got up in the night and said to his servants, “Let me tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are starving, so they have left the camp to hide in the field, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we will take them alive and enter the city.’” 1 Samuel 23:23 Observe and find out all the places where he hides. Then come back to me with certainty, and I will go with you. If he is in the land, I will search him out among all the clans of Judah.” 2 Samuel 2:25 The Benjamites rallied to Abner, formed a single unit, and took their stand atop a hill. 1 Samuel 22:6 Soon Saul learned that David and his men had been discovered. At that time Saul was sitting under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, with his spear in hand and all his servants standing around him. 1 Samuel 26:4 David sent out spies to verify that Saul had arrived. 2 Samuel 5:22 Once again the Philistines came up and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim. 1 Samuel 30:27-31 He sent gifts to those in Bethel, Ramoth Negev, and Jattir; / to those in Aroer, Siphmoth, and Eshtemoa; / to those in Racal and in the cities of the Jerahmeelites and Kenites; ... 2 Kings 19:9 Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “Look, he has set out to fight against you.” So Sennacherib again sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, Matthew 26:4 and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him. Mark 14:1 Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were two days away, and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a covert way to arrest Jesus and kill Him. Treasury of Scripture And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah. liers Judges 20:34 And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them. Joshua 8:4 And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready: 2 Samuel 5:23 And when David inquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees. Jump to Previous Ambush Ambushes Attack Israel Liers Round Secretly Surprise WaitJump to Next Ambush Ambushes Attack Israel Liers Round Secretly Surprise WaitJudges 20 1. The Levite in a general assembly declared his wrong8. The decree of the assembly 12. The Benjamites, being cited, make head against the Israelites 18. The Israelites in two battles lose forty thousand 26. They destroy by a plan all the Benjamites, except six hundred. So Israel The phrase "So Israel" refers to the collective tribes of Israel, who have united for a common cause. In the Hebrew text, "Israel" is "יִשְׂרָאֵל" (Yisra'el), which means "God prevails" or "He who struggles with God." This name is significant as it reflects the identity and destiny of the people chosen by God. Historically, the tribes of Israel were often fragmented, but here they are united, demonstrating a rare moment of national solidarity. This unity is crucial in the narrative, as it underscores the seriousness of the situation and the collective moral outrage against the atrocity committed in Gibeah. set up an ambush around Gibeah Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew So Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙ (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc set up וַיָּ֤שֶׂם (way·yā·śem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set an ambush אֹֽרְבִ֔ים (’ō·rə·ḇîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 693: To lie in wait around סָבִֽיב׃ (sā·ḇîḇ) Adverb Strong's 5439: A circle, neighbour, environs, around Gibeah. הַגִּבְעָ֖ה (hag·giḇ·‘āh) Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 1390: Gibeah -- 'hill', three cities in Palestine Links Judges 20:29 NIVJudges 20:29 NLT Judges 20:29 ESV Judges 20:29 NASB Judges 20:29 KJV Judges 20:29 BibleApps.com Judges 20:29 Biblia Paralela Judges 20:29 Chinese Bible Judges 20:29 French Bible Judges 20:29 Catholic Bible OT History: Judges 20:29 Israel set ambushes all around Gibeah (Jd Judg. Jdg) |