They will attack us until we have lured them from the city, for they will say, ‘They are retreating from us like before.’ We will retreat from them.

These kings came out with their armies; they were as numerous as the sand on the seashore and had a large number of horses and chariots.

When the king of Ai saw Israel, he and his whole army quickly got up the next day and went out to fight Israel at the meeting place near the Arabah. But he did not realize men were hiding behind the city.