And when they] Heb. And in the time that they, &c. to sing and to praise] Heb. in singing and praise. set ambushments] Put such a spirit of spight in them one against another, as they took all the secret advantages that they could to destroy each other. See v. 23. See Judges 7:22. 1 Samuel 14:20. they were smitten] Or, they smote one another.