Joshua 8:2

God's Word

You will do the same thing to Ai and its king that you did to Jericho and its king. However, you may take its loot and livestock for yourselves. Set an ambush behind the city.”

Cross References

2 Chronicles 13:13

But Jeroboam had set an ambush to attack them from behind. So Jeroboam’s army was in front of Judah, and the ambush was behind them.

2 Chronicles 20:22

As they started to sing praises, the Lord set ambushes against the Ammonites, Moabites, and the people of Mount Seir who had come into Judah. They were defeated.

Psalm 39:6

Each person who walks around is like a shadow. They are busy for no reason. They accumulate riches without knowing who will get them.”

Proverbs 13:22

Good people leave an inheritance to their grandchildren, but the wealth of sinners is stored away for a righteous person.

Proverbs 28:20

A trustworthy person has many blessings, but anyone in a hurry to get rich will not escape punishment.

Jeremiah 17:11

A person who gets rich dishonestly is like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay. During his lifetime, he will lose his wealth. In the end, he will be a godless fool.”

Jeremiah 51:12

Raise your battle flag in front of the walls of Babylon. Strengthen the guards. Station watchmen. Prepare ambushes. The Lord will carry out his plans against the people who live in Babylon.

Deuteronomy 2:35

However, we did loot the cities that we captured, taking the cattle and goods.

Deuteronomy 20:14

But take the women and children, the cattle and everything else in the city, including all its goods, as your loot. You may enjoy your enemies’ goods that the Lord your God has given you.

Deuteronomy 3:2

The Lord said to me, “Don’t be afraid of him. I’ll hand him, all his troops, and his land over to you. Do to him what you did to King Sihon of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon.”

Joshua 10:1

King Adoni Zedek of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai and claimed it for the Lord the same way he had destroyed Jericho and its king. He also heard that the people of Gibeon had made peace with the people of Israel and were living with them.

Joshua 10:28

That same day Joshua captured Makkedah, and the Israelites killed its people and king with swords. He claimed them for the Lord by destroying them. There were no survivors. He did the same thing to the king of Makkedah that he had done to the king of Jericho.

Joshua 11:14

The people of Israel took all the loot and livestock from these cities. But they put everyone to death until they were all destroyed. Not one person survived.

Joshua 6:21

They claimed everything in it for the Lord. With their swords they killed men and women, young and old, as well as cattle, sheep, and donkeys.

Joshua 8:12

Joshua had taken about five thousand men and had them hide between Bethel and Ai, west of the city.

Joshua 8:14

When the king of Ai saw the main camp, he and all his troops got up early in the morning. They rushed out toward the plains to meet Israel for battle, just where ⌞Joshua⌟ expected. However, the king didn’t know there were troops behind the city waiting to attack him.

Joshua 8:19

The men who were hiding got up as soon as he stretched out his hand. They entered the city, captured it, and quickly set it on fire.

Joshua 8:24

Israel had finished killing all the inhabitants of Ai in the fields and in the desert where they had been pursued. They put them all to death; not one person survived. Then the Israelites went back to Ai and killed everyone left there.

Joshua 8:3

So Joshua and all the soldiers started to march against Ai. Joshua picked 30,000 of his best soldiers and sent them out at night

Joshua 8:7

you come out of hiding and capture the city. The Lord your God will hand it over to you.

Joshua 8:8

When you have captured the city, set it on fire. Do what the Lord says. These are your orders.”

Joshua 8:9

So Joshua sent them out, and they hid. They took their position west of Ai, between Bethel and Ai. Joshua spent the night with the troops.

Joshua 9:3

When the people living in Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,