But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.

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.

The entire assembly sent messengers to the Benjaminites at the cliff of Rimmon and assured them they would not be harmed.