40. But then the column of smoke began to rise from the city. When the Benjaminites looked back, there was the entire city going up in smoke to the sky.
41. The main force of the Israelites turned around, and the Benjaminites lost heart, because they recognized that disaster had fallen on them.
42. They turned back before the Israelites in the direction of the desert, but the fighting caught up with them, and those from the towns were slaughtering them there.
43. They encircled the Benjaminites, chased them from Nohah, and trampled them to the east of Gibeah.