Judges 20:36
Then the Benjaminites saw they were defeated. The Israelites retreated before Benjamin, because they had confidence in the men they had hid in ambush outside Gibeah.
Joshua 8:15-29
Joshua and all Israel pretended to be defeated by them and they retreated along the way to the desert.
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So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.
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Joshua 8:15
Joshua and all Israel pretended to be defeated by them and they retreated along the way to the desert.