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.
Judges 20:42
Surrounding context
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.
20:43 They surrounded the Benjamites, chased them, and easily trampled them down as far as the front of Gibeah toward the east.