There was actually a long history of just that in the Jewish-Roman Wars, where the Jewish rebels would often commit mass suicide rather than be captured by the Romans.
But in this case, I believe the source is saying that they crushed/trampled each other in a panic.
I don’t understand, those hiding thought the enemy was coming so they killed each other?
There was actually a long history of just that in the Jewish-Roman Wars, where the Jewish rebels would often commit mass suicide rather than be captured by the Romans.
But in this case, I believe the source is saying that they crushed/trampled each other in a panic.