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 8:4

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.

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

[8:4]  ² tn Or “commanded, ordered.”

[8:12]  ³ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[8:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “and ran.”

[8:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “and that the smoke of the city ascended.”