Joshua 8:14

Now when the king of Ai saw it, he got up quickly and went out to war against Israel, he and all his people, to the slope going down to the valley; but he had no idea that a secret force was waiting at the back of the town.

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In The King James Version

And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.

In Context

13So all the people were in their places, the army on the north side of the town and the secret force on the west; and that night Joshua went down into the valley.

15Then Joshua and all Israel, acting as if they were overcome before them, went in flight by way of the waste land.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 1:1These are the words which Moses said to all Israel on the far side of Jordan, in the waste land in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran on the one side, and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab on the other.

Joshua 8:16And all the people in Ai came together to go after them; and they went after Joshua, moving away from the town.

Judges 20:37And the watchers, rushing on Gibeah and overrunning it, put all the town to the sword without mercy.

Isaiah 19:11The chiefs of Zoan are completely foolish; the wisest guides of Pharaoh have become like beasts: how do you say to Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the offspring of early kings?

Daniel 4:31While the word was still in the king's mouth, a voice came down from heaven, saying, O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is said: The kingdom has gone from you:

Matthew 24:50The lord of that servant will come in a day when he is not looking for him, and in an hour of which he has no knowledge,

Matthew Henry on Joshua 8:4-23

3 So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night. 4 And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready: 5 And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them, 6 (For they will come out… Read the whole commentary →

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