THEOSISAmbrose of Milan
Under the guise of retreating their primary forces, they executed a nighttime ambush on the opposite side of the city where the soldiers were positioned.
Judges 20:29Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And the children of Israel set ambushes round about the city of Gabaa:
וַיָּ֤שֶׂם יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֹֽרְבִ֔ים אֶל־הַגִּבְעָ֖ה סָבִֽיב׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Josh 8:4And commanded them, saying: Lay an ambush behind the city: and go not very far from it: and be ye all ready.
- Judg 20:34And to march from the west side of the city. And other ten thousand men chosen out of all Israel, attacked the inhabitants of the city. And the battle grew hot against the children of Benjamin: and they understood not that present death threatened them on every side.
- 2 Sam 5:23And David consulted the Lord: Shall I go up against the Philistines, and wilt thou deliver them into my hands? He answered: Go not up against them but fetch a compass behind them, and thou shalt come upon them over against the pear trees.