en_tn/jdg/20/36.md

# The men of Israel had given ground to Benjamin, because they were trusting in the men ... outside Gibeah

From this sentence until the end of verse 41 is background information that the writer inserted to explain to the readers how the ambush defeated the Benjamites. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-background]])

# had given ground to Benjamin

This is an idiom that means they intentionally retreated. Alternate translation: "had allowed Benjamin to move forward" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
PDF Judges 21 2019-08-10 20:28:31 +00:00			`# The men of Israel had given ground to Benjamin, because they were trusting in the men ... outside Gibeah`
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Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`From this sentence until the end of verse 41 is background information that the writer inserted to explain to the readers how the ambush defeated the Benjamites. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-background]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# had given ground to Benjamin`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`This is an idiom that means they intentionally retreated. Alternate translation: "had allowed Benjamin to move forward" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00