38
Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.
38
Now the appointed signal between the men of Israel and the men in the main ambush was that when they made a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city
38
The men of Israel had a prearranged signal with the men in ambush: when they sent up a great cloud of smoke from the city,
Judges 20:38 In-Context
36
Then the Benjamites saw that they were beaten. Now the men of Israel had given way before Benjamin, because they relied on the ambush they had set near Gibeah.
37
Those who had been in ambush made a sudden dash into Gibeah, spread out and put the whole city to the sword.
38
The Israelites had arranged with the ambush that they should send up a great cloud of smoke from the city,
39
and then the Israelites would counterattack. The Benjamites had begun to inflict casualties on the Israelites (about thirty), and they said, “We are defeating them as in the first battle.”
40
But when the column of smoke began to rise from the city, the Benjamites turned and saw the whole city going up in smoke.