Our adversaries also boasted,“ Before they are aware or anticipate anything, we will come in among them and kill them, and we will bring this work to a halt!”

我们的敌人且说：“趁他们不知不见，我们进入他们中间，杀他们，使工作止住。”

我们的敌人说：“趁他们不知道，看不见的时候，我们进入他们中间，杀了他们，使工作停止。”

我们的敌人说：“趁他们不知道，看不见的时候，我们进入他们中间，杀了他们，使工作停止。”

我们的敌人说：“我们要趁他们不知不觉，进入他们中间杀死他们，阻止他们的工作。”

同时我们的敌人说：“趁着他们不知道，还未看见之前，我们就进入他们中间，杀死他们，使那工程停止。”

我們的敵人且說：「趁他們不知不見，我們進入他們中間，殺他們，使工作止住。」

我們的敵人說：「趁他們不知道，看不見的時候，我們進入他們中間，殺了他們，使工作停止。」

我們的敵人說：「趁他們不知道，看不見的時候，我們進入他們中間，殺了他們，使工作停止。」

我們的敵人說：「我們要趁他們不知不覺，進入他們中間殺死他們，阻止他們的工作。」

同時我們的敵人說：“趁著他們不知道，還未看見之前，我們就進入他們中間，殺死他們，使那工程停止。”

我們的敵人並且曾經說過：『趁着他們不知道、未看見，我們就要進入他們中間去殺他們，好使這工作止息。』

敵人曰、乘其不知不見、我儕突至其中殺之、使罷厥工、

敵意將乘其不備、突入其中、殺之、使工作悉止。

我敵相議曰、趁其不知不見、突入其間以殺之、使工作止息、

Also our enemies said,“ Before they know it or see us, we will be right there among them and will kill them and put an end to the work.”

And our enemies said,“ We will be right there among them. We’ll kill them. We’ll put an end to their work. We’ll do it before they even know it or see us.”

And our enemies said,“ They will not know or see till we come among them and kill them and stop the work.”

Meanwhile, our enemies were saying,“ Before they know what’s happening, we will swoop down on them and kill them and end their work.”

And our enemies said,“ They won’t realize it until we’re among them and can kill them and stop the work.”

And our enemies said,“ They will not know or see until we come among them, kill them, and put a stop to the work.”

And our adversaries said,“ They will neither know nor see anything, till we come into their midst and kill them and cause the work to cease.”

And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

And our enemies said,“ They won’t know or see anything until we’re among them and can kill them and stop the work.”

And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

Our adversaries said,“ They will not know or see, until we come in among them and kill them, and cause the work to cease.”

So do not let them persuade you to do this, because more than forty of them are lying in ambush for him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they have killed him, and now they are ready, waiting for you to agree to their request.”

They stalk and lurk; they watch my every step, as they prepare to take my life.

So Israel hid men in ambush outside Gibeah.The Israelites attacked the Benjaminites the next day; they took their positions against Gibeah just as they had done before.The Benjaminites attacked the army, leaving the city unguarded. They began to strike down their enemy just as they had done before. On the main roads( one leads to Bethel, the other to Gibeah) and in the field, they struck down about thirty Israelites.Then the Benjaminites said,“ They are defeated just as before.” But the Israelites said,“ Let’s retreat and lure them away from the city into the main roads.”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.Ten thousand men, well-trained soldiers from all Israel, then made a frontal assault against Gibeah– the battle was fierce. But the Benjaminites did not realize that disaster was at their doorstep.The LORD annihilated Benjamin before Israel; the Israelites struck down that day 25,100 sword-wielding Benjaminites.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.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,the Israelites counterattacked. Benjamin had begun to strike down the Israelites; they struck down about thirty men. They said,“ There’s no doubt about it! They are totally defeated as in the earlier battle.”But when the signal, a pillar of smoke, began to rise up from the city, the Benjaminites turned around and saw the whole city going up in a cloud of smoke that rose high into the sky.When the Israelites turned around, the Benjaminites panicked because they could see that disaster was on their doorstep.They retreated before the Israelites, taking the road to the wilderness. But the battle overtook them as men from the surrounding cities struck them down.They surrounded the Benjaminites, chased them from Nohah, and annihilated them all the way to a spot east of Geba.Eighteen thousand Benjaminites, all of them capable warriors, fell dead.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.That day twenty-five thousand sword-wielding Benjaminites fell in battle, all of them capable warriors.Six hundred survivors turned and ran away to the wilderness, to the cliff of Rimmon. They stayed there four months.The Israelites returned to the Benjaminite towns and put the sword to them. They wiped out the cities, the animals, and everything they could find. They set fire to every city in their path.

When morning came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul.

When I catch up with him he will be exhausted and worn out. I will rout him, and the entire army that is with him will flee. I will kill only the king

For you know quite well that the day of the Lord will come in the same way as a thief in the night.

Disaster will overtake you; you will not know how to charm it away. Destruction will fall on you; you will not be able to appease it. Calamity will strike you suddenly, before you recognize it.