Judges 20:42
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And began to go towards the way of the desert, the enemy pursuing them thither also. And they that fired the city came also out to meet them.

the battle

Lamentations 1:3 Ghimel. Juda hath removed her dwelling place, because of her affliction, and the greatness of her bondage; she hath dwelt among the nations, and she hath found no rest; all her persecutors have taken her in the midst of straits.

Hosea 9:9 They have sinned deeply, as in the days of Gabaa: he will remember their iniquity, and will visit their sin.

Hosea 10:9 From the days of Gabaa, Israel hath sinned, there they stood: the battle in Gabaa against the children of iniquity shall not overtake them.

Context
Civil War Against Benjamin
41They that before had made as if they fled, turning their faces, stood bravely against them. Which the children of Benjamin seeing, turned their backs, 42And began to go towards the way of the desert, the enemy pursuing them thither also. And they that fired the city came also out to meet them.43And so it was, that they were slain on both sides by the enemies, and there was no rest of their men dying. They fell and were beaten down on the east side of the city of Gabaa.…
Cross References
Joshua 8:15
But Joshua, and all Israel gave back, making as if they were afraid, and fleeing by the way of the wilderness.

Joshua 8:24
So all being slain that had pursued after Israel, in his flight to the wilderness, and falling by the sword in the same place, the children of Israel returned and laid waste the city.

Lexicon
So they fled
וַיִּפְנ֞וּ (way·yip̄·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6437: To turn, to face, appear, look

before
לִפְנֵ֨י (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

the men
אִ֤ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

of Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

toward
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

the wilderness,
הַמִּדְבָּ֔ר (ham·miḏ·bār)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech

but the battle
וְהַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה (wə·ham·mil·ḥā·māh)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4421: A battle, war

overtook them,
הִדְבִּיקָ֑תְהוּ (hiḏ·bî·qā·ṯə·hū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1692: To impinge, cling, adhere, to catch by pursuit

and the men
וַאֲשֶׁר֙ (wa·’ă·šer)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

coming out of the cities
מֵהֶ֣עָרִ֔ים (mê·he·‘ā·rîm)
Preposition-m, Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement

struck them down
מַשְׁחִיתִ֥ים (maš·ḥî·ṯîm)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7843: Perhaps to go to ruin

there.
בְּתוֹכֽוֹ׃ (bə·ṯō·w·ḵōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8432: A bisection, the centre


Additional Translations
So they fled before the men of Israel toward the wilderness, but the battle overtook them, and the men coming out of the cities struck them down there.Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the middle of them.

Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle followed hard after them; and they that came out of the cities destroyed them in the midst thereof.

And they turned to the way of the wilderness from before the children of Israel, and fled: but the battle overtook them, and they from the cities destroyed them in the midst of them.

And they turned before the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and those who came out of the cities destroyed them in their midst.

Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle followed hard after them; and they which came out of the cities destroyed them in the midst thereof.

Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them who came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.

Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness; but the battle followed hard after them; and those who came out of the cities destroyed them in its midst.

and they turn before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness, and the battle hath followed them; and those who are from the city are destroying them in their midst;
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