Joshua 8:12

New American Bible - revised edition

He took about five thousand warriors and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, west of the city.

Cross References

Genesis 12:8

From there he moved on to the hill country east of Bethel, pitching his tent with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. He built an altar there to the Lord and invoked the Lord by name.

Genesis 28:19

He named that place Bethel, whereas the former name of the town had been Luz.

Joshua 8:11

When all the troops he led were drawn up in position before the city, they pitched camp north of Ai, on the other side of the ravine.

Joshua 8:13

Thus the people took up their stations, with the main body north of the city and the ambush west of it, and Joshua waited overnight in the valley.

Judges 1:22

The house of Joseph, too, went up against Bethel, and the Lord was with them.

1 Samuel 15:5

Saul went to the city of Amalek and set up an ambush in the wadi.