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'Ambush' in the Bible

Now, come up at night with your men and set an ambush in the field outside the city.

So Abimelech and all his men came up at night and set an ambush outside Shechem -- they divided into four units.

Verse ConceptsFour Groups

he took his men and divided them into three units and set an ambush in the field. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he attacked and struck them down.

Verse ConceptsThree GroupsAmbush

So Israel hid men in ambush outside Gibeah.

All the men of Israel got up from their places and took their positions at Baal Tamar, while the Israelites hiding in ambush jumped out of their places west of Gibeah.

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.

Verse ConceptsUnreliabilityTrusting Other People

The men hiding in ambush made a mad dash to Gibeah. They attacked and put the sword to the entire city.

The Israelites and the men hiding in ambush had arranged a signal. When the men hiding in ambush sent up a smoke signal from the city,

Verse ConceptsSmokeBurning Cities

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