SinaiJoshua 8:14
American Standard 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 the time appointed, before the Arabah; but he knew not that there was an ambush against him behind the city.
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Joshua 8:14 in other translations
When the king of Ai saw it, they hurried and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the time appointed, before the Arabah; but he didn’t know that there was an ambush against him behind the city.
Joshua 8:14 in context
- 12And he took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of the city.
- 13So they set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers-in-wait that were on the west of the city; and Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.
- 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 went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the time appointed, before the Arabah; but he knew not that there was an ambush against him behind the city.
- 15And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
- 16And all the people that were in the city were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.