Hakim-hakim 20:32

20:32 Then the Benjaminites said, “They are defeated just as before.” But the Israelites said, “Let’s retreat ¹  and lure them ²  away from the city into the main roads.”

Hakim-hakim 20:45

20:45 The rest ³  turned and ran toward the wilderness, heading toward the cliff of Rimmon. But the Israelites ⁴  caught ⁵  five thousand of them on the main roads. They stayed right on their heels ⁶  all the way to Gidom and struck down two thousand more.

[20:32]  ¹ tn Or “run away.”

[20:32]  ² tn Heb “him” (collective singular).

[20:45]  ³ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the rest [of the Benjaminites]) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:45]  ⁴ tn Heb “and they”; the referent (the Israelites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:45]  ⁵ tn Heb “gleaned.” The word is an agricultural term which pictures Israelites picking off the Benjaminites as easily as one picks grapes from the vine.

[20:45]  ⁶ tn Heb “stuck close after them.”