Judges 20:37

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The troops in ambush rushed quickly upon Gibeah. Then they put the whole city to the sword.

Cross References

Exodus 19:13

No hand shall touch them, but they shall be stoned or shot with arrows; whether animal or human being, they shall not live.’ When the trumpet sounds a long blast, they may go up on the mountain.”

Joshua 6:5

When they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, as soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then all the people shall shout with a great shout, and the wall of the city will fall down flat, and all the people shall charge straight ahead.”

Joshua 8:13

So they stationed the forces, the main encampment that was north of the city and its rear guard west of the city, and Joshua went that night into the valley.

Joshua 8:14

When the king of Ai saw this, he and all his people, the inhabitants of the city, hurried out early in the morning to the meeting place facing the Arabah to meet Israel in battle, but he did not know that there was an ambush against him behind the city.

Joshua 8:19

As soon as he stretched out his hand, the troops in ambush rose quickly out of their place and rushed forward. They entered the city, took it, and at once set the city on fire.