Joshua 8:14

Christian Standard Bible

When the king of Ai saw the Israelites, the men of the city hurried and went out early in the morning so that he and all his people could engage Israel in battle at a suitable place facing the Arabah. But he did not know there was an ambush waiting for him behind the city.

Cross References

Matthew 24:39

They didn’t know until the flood came and swept them all away. This is the way the coming of the Son of Man will be.

2 Peter 2:3

They will exploit  you in their greed  with made-up stories. Their condemnation,  pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.

Matthew 24:50

that servant’s master will come on a day he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know.

Daniel 4:31

While the words were still in the king’s mouth, a voice came from heaven: “King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is declared that the kingdom has departed from you.

Isaiah 19:13

The princes of Zoan have been fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. Her tribal chieftains have led Egypt astray.

Isaiah 19:11

The princes of Zoan are complete fools; Pharaoh’s wisest advisers give stupid advice! How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one  of the wise, a student of eastern   kings”?

Ecclesiastes 9:12

For certainly no one knows his time:  like fish caught in a cruel net or like birds caught in a trap,  so people are trapped in an evil time  as it suddenly falls on them.

Joshua 8:16

Then all the troops of Ai were summoned to pursue them, and they pursued Joshua and were drawn away from the city.

Joshua 8:5

Then I and all the people who are with me will approach the city. When they come out against us as they did the first time, we will flee from them.

Deuteronomy 1:1

These are the words Moses spoke to all Israel across the Jordan in the wilderness,  in the Arabah  opposite Suph,  between Paran  and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth,  and Di-zahab.

Joshua 8:13

The troops were stationed in this way: the main  camp to the north of the city and its rear guard to the west of the city. And that night Joshua went into the valley.

Joshua 8:15

Joshua and all Israel pretended to be beaten back by them and fled toward the wilderness.

Judges 20:37

The men in ambush had rushed quickly against Gibeah; they advanced and put the whole city to the sword.