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ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_6 8:20-22
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The men of Ai turned and looked back, and smoke from the city was rising to the sky! They could not escape in any direction, and the troops who had fled to the wilderness now became the pursuers.
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When Joshua and all Israel saw that the [men in] ambush had captured the city and that smoke was rising from it, they turned back and struck down the men of Ai.
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The men in the ambush came out of the city against them, and the men of Ai were [trapped] between the Israelite forces, some on one side and some on the other. They struck them down until no survivor or fugitive remained,
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_7 20:40-46
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But when the column of smoke began to go up from the city, Benjamin looked behind them, and the whole city was going up in smoke.
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Then the men of Israel returned, and the men of Benjamin were terrified when they realized that disaster had struck them.
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They retreated before the men of Israel toward the wilderness, but the battle overtook them, and those who came out of the cities slaughtered those between them.
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They surrounded the Benjaminites, pursued them, and easily overtook them near Gibeah toward the east.
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There were 18,000 men who died from Benjamin; all were warriors.
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Then Benjamin turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and Israel killed 5,000 men on the highways. They overtook them at Gidom and struck 2,000 more dead.
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All the Benjaminites who died that day were 25,000 armed men; all were warriors.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_52 5:3
When they say, "Peace and security," then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_52 5:4
But you, brothers, are not in the dark, so that this day would overtake you like a thief.