Joshua 8:14

New American Bible - revised edition

The king of Ai saw this, and he and all his army came out very early in the morning to engage Israel in battle at the place in front of the Arabah, not knowing that there was an ambush behind the city.

Cross References

Matthew 24:39

They did not know until the flood came and carried them all away. So will it be [also] at the coming of the Son of Man.

2 Peter 2:3

In their greed they will exploit you with fabrications, but from of old their condemnation has not been idle and their destruction does not sleep. Lessons from the Past.

Matthew 24:50

the servant’s master will come on an unexpected day and at an unknown hour

Daniel 4:31

When this period was over, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes to heaven; my reason was restored to me, and I blessed the Most High, I praised and glorified the One who lives forever, Whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and whose kingdom endures through all generations.

Isaiah 19:13

The princes of Zoan have become fools, the princes of Memphis have been deceived. The chiefs of its tribes have led Egypt astray.

Isaiah 19:11

Utter fools are the princes of Zoan! the wisest of Pharaoh’s advisers give stupid counsel. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am a descendant of wise men, of ancient kings”?

Ecclesiastes 9:12

Human beings no more know their own time than fish taken in the fatal net or birds trapped in the snare; like these, mortals are caught when an evil time suddenly falls upon them. The Uncertain Future and the Sages.

Joshua 8:16

until the last of the soldiers in the city had been called out to pursue them. Since they were drawn away from the city, with everyone pursuing Joshua,

Joshua 8:5

The rest of the people and I will come up to the city, and when they make a sortie against us as they did the last time, we will flee from them.

Deuteronomy 1:1

These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah, opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

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.

Joshua 8:15

Joshua and the main body of the Israelites fled toward the wilderness, pretending defeat,

Judges 20:37

Then the men in ambush, having made a sudden dash against Gibeah, marched in and put the whole city to the sword.