Joshua 8:15

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

In Context

14And 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.

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.

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Cross References

Joshua 16:1Then came out the lot, for the sons of Joseph, from the Jordan by Jericho, at the waters of Jericho, eastward,—the desert, going up from Jericho, through the hill country to Bethel;

Judges 20:36So the sons of Benjamin saw that they were smitten,—and that the men of Israel had given place to Benjamin, because they trusted to the liers in wait, whom they had set near Gibeah.

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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