8:2 Do to Ai and its king what you did to Jericho 1 and its king, except you may plunder its goods and cattle. Set an ambush behind the city!”
Joshua 8:4
8:4 He told 2 them, “Look, set an ambush behind the city. Don’t go very far from the city; all of you be ready!
Joshua 8:12
8:12 He took five thousand men and set an ambush west of the city between Bethel 3 and Ai.
Joshua 8:19
8:19 When he held out his hand, the men waiting in ambush rose up quickly from their place and attacked. 4 They entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.
Joshua 8:21
8:21 When Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that the city was going up in smoke, 5 they turned around and struck down the men of Ai.
1 map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.
2 tn Or “commanded, ordered.”
3 map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.
4 tnHeb “and ran.”
5 tnHeb “and that the smoke of the city ascended.”