And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.
The survivors turned and ran toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon. As they fled along the roads, the pursuers caught and killed five thousand more men. They chased them relentlessly all the way to Gidom, where they killed another two thousand.
This verse describes the devastating final moments of a battle where fleeing soldiers were hunted down and killed as they tried to escape to safety.
📚 Historical Context
This verse describes the climax of a civil war in ancient Israel, where eleven tribes united to punish the tribe of Benjamin for protecting men who had committed a terrible crime in Gibeah. The battle resulted in the near-extinction of the entire tribe of Benjamin, with only 600 men surviving by reaching the rock fortress of Rimmon.
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