It cameabout when the kingof Aisaw[it], that the menof the cityhurriedand roseup earlyand wentout to meetIsraelin battle,he and allhis peopleat the appointedplacebeforethe desertplain.But he did not knowthat [there was] an ambushagainst him behindthe city.
Moreover,mandoes not knowhis time:like fishcaughtin a treacherousnetand birdstrappedin a snare,so the sonsof menare ensnaredat an eviltimewhen it suddenlyfallson them.
The princesof Zoanare merefools;The adviceof Pharaoh'swisestadvisershas becomestupid.Howcan you [men] sayto Pharaoh,"I am a sonof the wise,a sonof ancientkings"?
The princesof Zoanhave actedfoolishly,The princesof Memphisare deluded;[Those who are] the cornerstoneof her tribesHave ledEgyptastray.
"Whilethe word[was] in the king'smouth,a voicecamefrom heaven,[saying], 'KingNebuchadnezzar,to you it is declared:sovereigntyhas beenremovedfrom you,
and they did not understanduntilthe floodcameand tookthem allaway;sowill the comingof the Sonof Manbe.
the masterof that slavewill comeon a daywhenhe does not expect[him] and at an hourwhichhe does not know,
Theseare the wordswhichMosesspoketo allIsraelacrossthe Jordanin the wilderness,in the ArabahoppositeSuph,betweenParanand Topheland Labanand Hazerothand Dizahab.
So they stationedthe people,allthe armythat was on the northsideof the city,and its rearguardon the westsideof the city,and Joshuaspentthat nightin the midstof the valley.
Joshuaand allIsraelpretendedto be beatenbeforethem, and fledby the wayof the wilderness.
And allthe peoplewhowere in the citywere calledtogetherto pursuethem, and they pursuedJoshuaand were drawnawayfrom the city.
"Then I and allthe peoplewhoare with me will approachthe city.And whenthey comeout to meetus as at the first,we will fleebeforethem.
and in [their] greedthey will exploityou with false words;their judgmentfrom long agois not idle,and their destructionis not asleep.
the men in ambushhurriedand rushedagainstGibeah;the men in ambushalso deployedand struckallthe citywith the edgeof the sword.
