Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle followed hard after them; and they that came out of the cities destroyed them in the midst thereof.

So turning their backs on the men of Israel, they went in the direction of the waste land; but the fight overtook them; and those who came out of the town were heading them off and putting them to the sword.

Και ετραπησαν εμπροσθεν των υιων Ισραηλ προς την οδον της ερημου· αλλ' η μαχη επροφθασεν αυτους· διοτι οι εκ των πολεων εξωλοθρευον αυτους εν μεσω αυτων.

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.