Judges 20:33 says, And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baaltamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.  The men of Israel came out of their hiding places.  They were using better tactics this time.  When we go into battle, we should not only make sure that we are doing what God wants us to do, but we should also make sure we rely on Him for understanding of the best way to fight the battle.  Verse thirty-four states, And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.  The ten thousand men came against the tribe of Benjamin that day, and though the battle was fierce, the men of Benjamin did not know the trouble they were in.  They did nit realize that they were caught in a snare at first.  People of the world today may fight bravely against the followers of Christ, not realizing that they are caught in the snare of believing in themselves instead of believing in God.  Verse thirty-five declares, And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword.  As always, it was not the people of Israel who won the victory, but it was God Who gave them the victory.  The same is true for Christians today.  It is not our own abilities that give us the victory, but it is the power of God that does. Twenty-five thousand one hundred men of Benjamin were killed in the battle.  Verse thirty-six says, So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.  Verse thirty-seven adds, And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.  Those of the people of Israel who had been lying in wait came out and defeated the city of Gibeah.  They had their purpose in the battle, just as each individual has his or her purpose today in the battle against evil in the world if he or she is a follower of Christ.  Verse thirty-eight states, Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.  The people of Israel had made sign to indicate the victory over the city, and that was a great smoke rising out of the city.  Verse thirty-nine adds, And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.  The men of Benjamin were at first confident as they had been before, since they had twice defeated the men of Israel.  People in the world today may have great confidence in their battle against God, but they are already defeated and don't even realize it.  Verse forty declares, But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven.  The men of Benjamin then looked behind them and saw the smoke and fire rising out of the city.  Verse forty-one adds, And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.  Suddenly, the men of Benjamin realized that they were in trouble.  Even if it isn't in this lifetime, one day those who are the enemies of God, those who have not accepted Christ as their Savior and Lord, are going to know that they are in trouble.  The battle will have already been lost.  Verse forty-two says, Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.  The men of Benjamin ran toward the wilderness, but it was too late.  Verse forty-three states, Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.  The men of Benjamin were overtaken in their fight.  Verse forty-four adds, And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valour.  Another eighteen thousand men of Benjamin fell at this time.  They were called men of valor.  It doesn't matter how brave a person is if they are fighting against God, ultimately they will fall.  Verse forty-five says, 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.  Those that were left of the men of Benjamin were pursued and killed.  Verse forty-six states, So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour.  This once again gives us the total number of the men of Benjamin that were killed.  Verse forty-seven says, But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.  Six hundred men of Benjamin hid in the rocks for four months.  Then verse forty-eight concludes, And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.  The people of Israel continued to destroy the rest of the cities of Benjamin.  There is no place where a person is safe if that person is at war with God.