And the lot fell for the children of Joseph from the Jordan by Jericho, to the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goes up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel,
And their border on the north side was from the Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the border came out at the wilderness of Beth-aven.
And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he knew not that there were ambushers against him behind the city.
So the children of Benjamin saw that they were struck down: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted in those who lay in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.
Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel until the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and those who came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.