41 Then the Israelites counterattacked, and the Benjamites were terrified, because they realized that disaster had come on them.
41 And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come
41 Then the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed, for they saw that disaster was close upon them.
41 By the time the men of Israel had turned back on them, the men of Benjamin fell apart - they could see that they were trapped.
41 And when the men of Israel turned back, the men of Benjamin panicked, for they saw that disaster had come upon them.
41 the men of Israel turned and attacked. At this point the men of Benjamin became terrified, because they realized disaster was close at hand.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Judges 20:41
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The tribe of Benjamin nearly extirpated.
The Israelites' abhorrence of the crime committed at Gibeah, and their resolution to punish the criminals, were right; but they formed their resolves with too much haste and self-confidence. The eternal ruin of souls will be worse, and more fearful, than these desolations of a tribe.