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They were caught between the main army and the men who were now coming out of the city, and they were destroyed. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/judges/20-42.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/judges/20-42.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/judges/20-42.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/judges/1.htm">Judges</a> > <a href="/gntd/judges/20.htm">Chapter 20</a> > Verse 42</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../judges/20-41.htm" title="Judges 20:41">◄</a> Judges 20:42 <a href="../judges/20-43.htm" title="Judges 20:43">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/judges/20.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/judges/20.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />They retreated from the Israelites and ran toward the open country, but they could not escape. They were caught between the main army and the men who were now coming out of the city, and they were destroyed. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/judges/20.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore they turned away from the Israelites in the direction of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them, and those who came out of the city were slaughtering them in between.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/judges/20.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The men of Benjamin headed down the road toward the desert, trying to escape from the Israelites. But the Israelites stayed right behind them, keeping up their attack. Men even came out of the nearby towns to help kill the men of Benjamin, <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/judges/20.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They retreated before the men of Israel in the direction of the wilderness, but the fighting kept pace with them, and those who had been in the city were spreading destruction in between.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/judges/20.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />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.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">the battle</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../lamentations/1-3.htm">Lamentations 1:3</a> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../hosea/9-9.htm">Hosea 9:9</a> They have sinned deeply, as in the days of Gabaa: he will remember their iniquity, and will visit their sin.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../hosea/10-9.htm">Hosea 10:9</a> From the days of Gabaa, Israel hath sinned, there they stood: the battle in Gabaa against the children of iniquity shall not overtake them.</p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/judges/20.htm">Civil War Against Benjamin</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">41</span>They that before had made as if they fled, turning their faces, stood bravely against them. Which the children of Benjamin seeing, turned their backs, <span class="reftext">42</span><span class="highl">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.</span><span class="reftext">43</span>And 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.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../joshua/8-15.htm">Joshua 8:15</a></span><br />But Joshua, and all Israel gave back, making as if they were afraid, and fleeing by the way of the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../joshua/8-24.htm">Joshua 8:24</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joshua/9-5.htm">Backs</a> <a href="/judges/20-39.htm">Battle</a> <a href="/judges/20-15.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/judges/20-40.htm">City</a> <a href="/judges/20-25.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/judges/11-22.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/judges/20-35.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/joshua/11-12.htm">Destroying</a> <a href="/joshua/18-17.htm">Direction</a> <a href="/joshua/8-22.htm">Escape</a> <a href="/judges/20-34.htm">Hard</a> <a href="/acts/27-40.htm">Heading</a> <a href="/judges/20-41.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/judges/20-35.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/judges/18-20.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/judges/18-22.htm">Overtook</a> <a href="/judges/20-36.htm">Putting</a> <a href="/judges/20-37.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/judges/17-4.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/judges/20-15.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/judges/20-41.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/judges/20-41.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/judges/20-40.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/judges/16-24.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/judges/20-36.htm">Way</a> <a href="/judges/11-22.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_samuel/22-41.htm">Backs</a> <a href="/judges/21-22.htm">Battle</a> <a href="/judges/20-48.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/judges/20-48.htm">City</a> <a href="/judges/20-45.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/judges/20-45.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/judges/21-16.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/1_samuel/6-5.htm">Destroying</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-11.htm">Direction</a> <a href="/1_samuel/19-18.htm">Escape</a> <a href="/judges/20-45.htm">Hard</a> <a href="/luke/9-53.htm">Heading</a> <a href="/judges/20-48.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/judges/21-5.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-18.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/judges/20-43.htm">Overtook</a> <a href="/1_samuel/13-21.htm">Putting</a> <a href="/judges/20-46.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/ruth/2-14.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/judges/21-23.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/judges/20-47.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/judges/20-45.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/judges/20-47.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/judges/20-47.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/ruth/1-7.htm">Way</a> <a href="/judges/20-45.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/judges/20-42.htm">Judges 20:42 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/judges/20-42.htm">Judges 20:42 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/judges/20-42.htm">Judges 20:42 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/judges/20-42.htm">Judges 20:42 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/judges/20-42.htm">Judges 20:42 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/judges/20-42.htm">Judges 20:42 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/judges/20-42.htm">Judges 20:42 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/judges/20-42.htm">Judges 20:42 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/judges/20-42.htm">Judges 20:42 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: And backs battle before but came cities could cut desert destroyed direction down escape fled in Israel Israelites men midst not of out overtook So the their them there Therefore they those toward towns turned while who wilderness<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/judges/20-42.htm">OT History: Judges 20:42 Therefore they turned their backs before (Jd Judg. 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