Joshua 8:20

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

When Joshua and his troops saw smoke rising from the town, they knew that the other part of their army had captured it. So they turned and attacked. The men of Ai looked back and saw smoke rising from their town. But they could not escape, because the soldiers they had been chasing had suddenly turned and started fighting.

Cross References

Genesis 19:28

He looked down towards Sodom and Gomorrah and saw smoke rising from all over the land—it was like a flaming furnace.

Job 11:20

But those who are evil will go blind and lose their way. Their only escape is death!

Psalm 76:5

Brave warriors were robbed of what they had taken, and now they lie dead, unable to lift an arm.

Isaiah 34:10

It will burn night and day and never stop smoking. Edom will be a desert, generation after generation; no one will ever travel through that land.

Joshua 8:19

the soldiers who had been hiding got up and ran into the town. They captured it and set it on fire.

Revelation 18:9

Every king on earth who slept with her and shared in her luxury will mourn. They will weep, when they see the smoke from that fire.

Revelation 19:3

Then the crowd shouted, “Praise the Lord! Smoke will never stop rising from her burning body.”