Judges 20:36-39

³⁶The Benjamites saw that they were defeated. The Israelites had fallen back before the Benjamites because they were confident the ambush they had put in place near Gibeah would be successful.

³⁷The men from the ambush raced to attack the town, and they killed everyone in it.

³⁸The agreement was that they would send up a great cloud of smoke to show the town had fallen.

³⁹The Israelite army turned to attack the Benjamites, who had already killed about thirty Israelites. The Benjamites were saying, “We're completely defeating them, just like the first battle!”