Israel set ambushes all around Gibeah.
Parallel translations
- KJV And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.
- BSB So Israel set up an ambush around Gibeah.
- NKJV Then Israel set men in ambush all around Gibeah.
- NASB So Israel set men in ambush around Gibeah.
- NLT So the Israelites set an ambush all around Gibeah.
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Cross-references · 3
- Josh 8:4He commanded them, saying, “Behold, you shall lie in ambush against the city, behind the city. Don’t go very far from the city, but all of you be ready.
- 2 Sam 5:23When David inquired of Yahweh, he said, “You shall not go up. Circle around behind them, and attack them in front of the mulberry trees.
- Judg 20:34Ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel came over against Gibeah, and the battle was severe; but they didn’t know that disaster was close to them.
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