1. Judges 20:33 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

How do the following verses retell the battle?

Judges 20:33 (ESV)

33 And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place and set themselves in array at Baal-tamar, and the men of Israel who were in ambush rushed out of their place from Maareh-geba.

This third battle is recorded twice, in different levels of detail. Judges 20:33–36a give a condensed version of the battle. Judges 20:36–48 give a more detailed account.

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