Judges 20:29 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Set liers in wait. — This exceedingly simple and primitive stratagem had also been successful against Ai (Joshua 8:4) and against Shechem (Judges 9:43). Here, as in Judges 20:22-23, the narrative follows a loose-order, the general fact being sometimes stated by anticipation, and the details subsequently filled in.

Judges 20:29

29 And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.