They did not treat the family of Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) fairly in return for all the good he had done for Israel.

As the flame went up from the altar toward the sky, the Lord's messenger went up in it while Manoah and his wife watched. They fell facedown to the ground.

So the Israelites marched toward the Benjaminites the next day.

The rest turned and ran toward the wilderness, heading toward the cliff of Rimmon. But the Israelites caught five thousand of them on the main roads. They stayed right on their heels all the way to Gidom and struck down two thousand more.