And when the men of Israel turned back, the men of Benjamin panicked, for they saw that disaster had come upon them.
Judges 20:41
Surrounding context
20:40 But when the cloud began to rise from the city in a column of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and there was the whole city going up in smoke to heaven.
20:41 And when the men of Israel turned back, the men of Benjamin panicked, for they saw that disaster had come upon them.
20:42 Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel in the direction of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them, and whoever came out of the cities they destroyed in their midst.