Joshua 8:14

Bible in Basic English 1965

Now when the king of Ai saw it, he got up quickly and went out to war against Israel, he and all his people, to the slope going down to the valley; but he had no idea that a secret force was waiting at the back of the town.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 9:12

Even man has no knowledge of his time; like fishes taken in an evil net, or like birds taken by deceit, are the sons of men taken in an evil time when it comes suddenly on them.

Isaiah 19:11

The chiefs of Zoan are completely foolish; the wisest guides of Pharaoh have become like beasts: how do you say to Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the offspring of early kings?

Isaiah 19:13

The chiefs of Zoan have become foolish, the chiefs of Noph are tricked, the heads of her tribes are the cause of Egypt's wandering out of the way.

Daniel 4:31

While the word was still in the king's mouth, a voice came down from heaven, saying, O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is said: The kingdom has gone from you:

Matthew 24:39

And they had no care till the waters came and took them all away; so will be the coming of the Son of man.

Matthew 24:50

The lord of that servant will come in a day when he is not looking for him, and in an hour of which he has no knowledge,

Deuteronomy 1:1

These are the words which Moses said to all Israel on the far side of Jordan, in the waste land in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran on the one side, and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab on the other.

Joshua 8:13

So all the people were in their places, the army on the north side of the town and the secret force on the west; and that night Joshua went down into the valley.

Joshua 8:15

Then Joshua and all Israel, acting as if they were overcome before them, went in flight by way of the waste land.

Joshua 8:16

And all the people in Ai came together to go after them; and they went after Joshua, moving away from the town.

Joshua 8:5

And I and all the people with me will come near the town, and when they come out against us as they did before, we will go in flight from them;

2 Peter 2:3

And in their desire for profit they will come to you with words of deceit, like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready for a long time and their destruction is watching for them.

Judges 20:37

And the watchers, rushing on Gibeah and overrunning it, put all the town to the sword without mercy.