Joshua 8:2

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 8:11

8:11 All the troops that were with him marched up and drew near the city. ²  They camped north of Ai on the other side of the valley. ³ 

Joshua 8:9

8:9 Joshua sent them away and they went to their hiding place ⁴  west of Ai, between Bethel ⁵  and Ai. ⁶  Joshua spent that night with the army. ⁷ 

Joshua 10:1

Israel Defeats an Amorite Coalition

10:1 Adoni-Zedek, king of Jerusalem, ⁸  heard how Joshua captured Ai and annihilated it and its king as he did Jericho ⁹  and its king. ¹⁰  He also heard how ¹¹  the people of Gibeon made peace with Israel and lived among them.

[8:2]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[8:11]  ² tn Heb “All the people of war who were with him went up and approached and came opposite the city.”

[8:11]  ³ tn Heb “and the valley [was] between them and Ai.”

[8:9]  ³ tn Or “the place of ambush.”

[8:9]  ⁴ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[8:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “and they stayed between Bethel and Ai, west of Ai.”

[8:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “in the midst of the people.”

[10:1]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[10:1]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[10:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “as he had done to Jericho and to its king, so he did to Ai and to its king.”

[10:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “and how.”