KJV King James Version
And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baaltamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, [even] out of the meadows of Gibeah.
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Judges 20:33
And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baaltamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, [even] out of the meadows of Gibeah.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So all the men of Israel got up from their places and arrayed themselves at Baal-tamar, and the Israelites in ambush charged from their positions west of Gibeah.
WEB World English Bible
All the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and set themselves in array at Baal Tamar: and the ambushers of Israel broke forth out of their place, even out of Maareh Geba.
ASV American Standard Version
And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and set themselves in array at Baal-tamar: and the liers-in-wait of Israel brake forth out of their place, even out of Maareh-geba.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And all the men of Israel have risen from their place, and arrange themselves at Baal-Tamar, and the ambush of Israel is coming forth out of its place, out of the meadow of Gibeah.
Surrounding context — Judges 20
30 And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.
31 And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, [and] were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, [and] kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
32 And the children of Benjamin said, They [are] smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways.
33 And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baaltamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, [even] out of the meadows of Gibeah.
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.
35 And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword.
36 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.
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וְכֹ֣ל׀H3605 · kolallאִ֣ישׁH376 · ishmanיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelקָ֚מוּH6965 · qa.may(Leb)-kamaiמִמְּקוֹמ֔וֹH4725 · ma.qomplaceוַיַּעַרְכ֖וּH6186 · a.rakhto arrangeבְּבַ֣עַלH1193 · ba.al ta.marBaal-tamarתָּמָ֑רH1193 · ba.al ta.marBaal-tamarוְאֹרֵ֧בH693 · a.ravto ambushיִשְׂרָאֵ֛לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelמֵגִ֥יחַH1518 · gi.achto burst/come outמִמְּקֹמ֖וֹH4725 · ma.qomplaceמִמַּֽעֲרֵה־H4629 · ma.a.rehMaarehגָֽבַע׃H1387 · ge.vaGeba
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