Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For they thought to cut them off as they did before. But they artfully feigning a flight, designed to draw them away from the city, and by their seeming to flee, to bring them to the highways aforesaid. Joshua 8:15,16 But Joshua, and all Israel gave back, making as if they were afraid, and fleeing by the way of the wilderness. . . . Context Civil War Against Benjamin…31And the children of Benjamin boldly issued out of the city, and seeing their enemies flee, pursued them a long way, so as to wound and kill some of them, as they had done the first and second day, whilst they fled by two highways, whereof one goeth up to Bethel and the other to Gabaa, and they slew about thirty men: 32For they thought to cut them off as they did before. But they artfully feigning a flight, designed to draw them away from the city, and by their seeming to flee, to bring them to the highways aforesaid.33Then all the children of Israel rising up out of the places where they were, set their army in battle array, in the place which is called Baalthamar. The ambushes also, which were about the city, began by little and little to come forth,… Cross References Joshua 8:5 But I, and the rest of the multitude which is with me, will approach on the contrary side against the city. And when they shall come out against us, we will flee, and turn our backs, as we did before: Judges 20:31 And the children of Benjamin boldly issued out of the city, and seeing their enemies flee, pursued them a long way, so as to wound and kill some of them, as they had done the first and second day, whilst they fled by two highways, whereof one goeth up to Bethel and the other to Gabaa, and they slew about thirty men: Judges 20:33 Then all the children of Israel rising up out of the places where they were, set their army in battle array, in the place which is called Baalthamar. The ambushes also, which were about the city, began by little and little to come forth, Judges 20:39 And when the children of Israel saw this in the battle, (for the children of Benjamin thought they fled, and pursued them vigorously, killing thirty men of their army) Lexicon “We are defeatingנִגָּפִ֥ים (nig·gā·p̄îm) Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 5062: To push, gore, defeat, stub, inflict them as before,” הֵ֛ם (hêm) Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1992: They said וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (way·yō·mə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say the Benjamites. בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son But the Israelites וּבְנֵ֧י (ū·ḇə·nê) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son said, אָמְר֗וּ (’ā·mə·rū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say “Let us retreat נָנ֙וּסָה֙ (nā·nū·sāh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural Strong's Hebrew 5127: To flit, vanish away and draw them away וּֽנְתַקְּנֻ֔הוּ (ū·nə·ṯaq·qə·nu·hū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common plural | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5423: To pull, draw, or tear away, apart, or off from מִן־ (min-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of the city הָעִ֖יר (hā·‘îr) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement onto אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to the roads.” הַֽמְסִלּֽוֹת׃ (ham·sil·lō·wṯ) Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 4546: A thoroughfare, a viaduct, a staircase Additional Translations “We are defeating them as before,” said the Benjamites. But the Israelites said, “Let us retreat and draw them away from the city onto the roads.”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 to the highways. 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 away from the city unto the highways. And the children of Benjamin said, They fall before us as at the first: but the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them out from the city into the roads; and they did so. And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. And the children of Israel said, Let us flee, that we may draw them from the city to the highways. And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us rise, and draw them away from the city unto the highways. 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 to the highways. The children of Benjamin said, "They are struck down before us, as at the first." But the children of Israel said, "Let us flee, and draw them away from the city to the highways." And the sons of Benjamin say, 'They are smitten before us as at the beginning;' but the sons of Israel said, 'Let us flee, and draw them away out of the city, unto the highways.' 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