Israel responds to the Lord by resuming the battle with renewed energy, and with greater wisdom. They do not just repeat what they did previously. They adopt a more creative, strategic plan. They take the indirect approach of an ambush, while pretending to repeat the same tactics as in the first two exploits. They will feign a full-frontal assault that will draw Benjamin away from their base in Gibeah, leaving it defenseless.
29 So Israel set men in ambush around Gibeah.