Judges 20:38
38 And there was the appointed sign to the men of Israel with the ambush—their causing to go up a great volume of smoke from the city.
Young's Literal Translation is in the public domain.
38 And there was the appointed sign to the men of Israel with the ambush—their causing to go up a great volume of smoke from the city.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Judges 20:38
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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.