Joshua 8:14

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 came out to meet Israel for battle, he and all his people, at an appointed time, before the waste plain,—he not knowing that there was an ambush lying in wait for him, behind the city.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

13And, when the people had set all the host that was on the north of the city, with the rear thereof on the west of the city, then went Joshua, during the night, into the midst of the valley.

15So then Joshua and all Israel suffered themselves to be smitten before them,—and fled, by the way of the wilderness;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 1:1These, are the words, which Moses spake unto all Israel, over the Jordan,—in the wilderness in the waste plain over against Suph, between Paran and Tophel, and Laban and Hazeroth and Di-zahab:

Joshua 8:16and all the people who were in the city were called out to pursue them,—and they pursued Joshua, and so were drawn out away from the city.

Judges 20:37And, the liers in wait, hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah,—and the liers in wait marched forward, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.

Isaiah 19:11Surely, foolish, are the princes of Zoan, the wisest counsellors of Pharaoh, in counsel are brutish,—How can ye say unto Pharaoh, Son of the wise, am I Son of the kings of olden time?

Daniel 4:31While yet the word was in the mouth of the king, a voice, out of the heavens, fell,—Unto thee, is it said, O Nebuchadnezzar the king, The kingdom, hath departed from thee;

Matthew 24:50The master of that servant, will have come, on a day when he is not expecting, and in an hour when he is not observing,—

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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