Shìshījì 20:41

41 Yǐsèliè rén yòu zhuǎn shēn huí lái , Biànyǎmǐn rén jiù shén jīng huáng , yīnwei kànjian zāihuò líndào zìjǐ le .

Shìshījì 20:41 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 20:41

And when the men of Israel turned again
Turned their faces to the Benjaminites, on whom they had turned their backs; and which they did on hearing the sound of the trumpet, or seeing the flame of the city, or both, and that in order to fight the Benjaminites, and smite them, as now was their opportunity:

the men of Benjamin were amazed;
at this strange and sudden change of things, at the sight of the flame of their city behind them, and at the Israelites turning back to fight them, when they thought themselves sure of victory, as at other times:

for they saw that evil was come upon them;
that they were in the utmost danger, between two fires, as we usually say, liers in wait behind them, which had seized their city and burnt it, and the army of Israel turning upon them with great spirit and resolution.

Shìshījì 20:41 In-Context

39 Yǐsèliè rén lín tuì zhèn de shíhou , Biànyǎmǐn rén dòngshǒu shā sǐ Yǐsèliè rén , yuē yǒu sān shí gè , jiù shuō , tāmen réng xiàng qián cì beì wǒmen shā baì le .

40 Dāng yān qì rú zhù cóng chéng zhōng shàng téng de shíhou , Biànyǎmǐn rén huí tóu guānkàn , jiàn quán chéng de yān qì chōng tiān .

41 Yǐsèliè rén yòu zhuǎn shēn huí lái , Biànyǎmǐn rén jiù shén jīng huáng , yīnwei kànjian zāihuò líndào zìjǐ le .

42 Tāmen zaì Yǐsèliè rén miànqián zhuǎn shēn wǎng kuàngyĕ taópǎo . Yǐsèliè rén zaì hòumian zhuī shā . nà cóng gè chéng lǐ chūlai de , yĕ dōu jiá gōng shā miè tāmen .

43 Yǐsèliè rén wéirǎo Biànyǎmǐn rén , zhuīgǎn tāmen , zaì tāmen xiē jiǎo zhī chù , duì zhe rì chū zhī dì de jī bǐ yà jiàntà tāmen .