Joshua 8:4

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Joshua gave them this command: “Listen carefully to what I tell you. You must hide in the area behind the city. Wait for the time to attack. Don’t go far from the city. Continue to watch and be ready.

Cross References

Judges 20:29

Then the army of Israel hid some men all around the city of Gibeah.

Acts 23:21

But don’t believe them! More than 40 of them are hiding and waiting to kill him. They have all promised not to eat or drink until they have killed him. Now they are waiting for you to say yes.”

Ecclesiastes 9:16

But I still say that wisdom is better than strength. They forgot about the poor man’s wisdom, and the people stopped listening to what he said. But I still believe that wisdom is better.

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Surely there is no one on earth who always does good and never sins. But wisdom can make one person stronger than ten leaders in a city.

1 Samuel 15:5

Then Saul went to the city of Amalek and waited in the valley.

1 Samuel 15:2

The Lord All-Powerful says: ‘When the Israelites came out of Egypt, the Amalekites tried to stop them from going to Canaan. I saw what the Amalekites did.

Judges 20:36

So the people of Benjamin saw that they were defeated. The army of Israel had moved back because they were depending on the surprise attack. They had men hiding near Gibeah.

Judges 20:33

So all the men ran away. They stopped at a place named Baal Tamar. Some of the men of Israel were hiding west of Gibeah. They ran from their hiding places.

Judges 9:25

The leaders of the city of Shechem did not like Abimelech anymore. They put men on the hilltops to attack and rob everyone who went by. Abimelech found out about the attacks.

Joshua 8:16

The people in the city began to shout and started to chase them. All the people left the city.

Joshua 8:3

So Joshua led his whole army toward Ai. Then Joshua chose 30,000 of his best fighting men and sent them out at night.

2 Kings 7:12

It was night, but the king got up from bed and said to his officers, “I will tell you what the Aramean soldiers are doing to us. They know we are hungry. They left the camp to hide in the field. They are thinking, ‘When the Israelites come out of the city, we will capture them alive. And then we will enter the city.’”

2 Chronicles 13:13

But Jeroboam sent a group of soldiers to sneak behind Abijah’s army. Jeroboam’s army was in front of Abijah’s army. The hidden soldiers from Jeroboam’s army were behind Abijah’s army.

Judges 9:32

So now you and your men should come tonight and hide in the fields outside the city.