20:40a But when the column of smoke began to go up from the city,

But when the cloud of smoke rose up from the city
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But then a lot of smoke started to come up from the city.

20:40b the Benjamites looked behind them and saw the whole city going up in smoke.

the Benjamin soldiers turned and saw that their city was burning.
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The soldiers of Benjamin turned to look and realized that their whole city would burn down.

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