Verse 40

But when the flame{H4864} began{H2490}{(H8689)} to arise up{H5927}{(H8800)} out of the city{H5892} with a pillar{H5982} of smoke{H6227}, the Benjamites{H1145} looked{H6437}{(H8799)} behind{H310} them, and, behold, the flame{H3632} of the city{H5892} ascended up{H5927}{(H8804)} to heaven{H8064}.

Referenced Verses

  • Josh 8:20 : 20 And when the men{H582} of Ai{H5857} looked{H6437}{(H8799)} behind{H310} them, they saw{H7200}{(H8799)}, and, behold, the smoke{H6227} of the city{H5892} ascended up{H5927}{(H8804)} to heaven{H8064}, and they had no power{H3027} to flee{H5127}{(H8800)} this way or that way{H2008}: and the people{H5971} that fled{H5127}{(H8801)} to the wilderness{H4057} turned back{H2015}{(H8738)} upon the pursuers{H7291}{(H8802)}.
  • Song 3:6 : 6 Who is this that cometh{H5927}{(H8802)} out of the wilderness{H4057} like pillars{H8490} of smoke{H6227}, perfumed{H6999}{(H8794)} with myrrh{H4753} and frankincense{H3828}, with all powders{H81} of the merchant{H7402}{(H8802)}?
  • Joel 2:30 : 30 And I will shew{H5414}{(H8804)} wonders{H4159} in the heavens{H8064} and in the earth{H776}, blood{H1818}, and fire{H784}, and pillars{H8490} of smoke{H6227}.
  • Rev 19:3 : 3 And{G2532} again{G1208} they said{G2046}{(G5758)}, Alleluia{G239}. And{G2532} her{G846} smoke{G2586} rose up{G305}{(G5719)} for{G1519} ever{G165} and ever{G165}.
  • Gen 19:28 : 28 And he looked{H8259}{(H8686)} toward{H6440} Sodom{H5467} and Gomorrah{H6017}, and toward{H6440} all the land{H776} of the plain{H3603}, and beheld{H7200}{(H8799)}, and, lo, the smoke{H7008} of the country{H776} went up{H5927}{(H8804)} as the smoke{H7008} of a furnace{H3536}.