Joshua 8:17

New Century Version

All the men of Ai and Bethel chased the army of Israel. The city was left open; not a man stayed to protect it.

Cross References

Job 5:13

He catches the wise in their own clever traps and sweeps away the plans of those who try to trick others.

Deuteronomy 2:30

But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass, because the Lord your God had made him stubborn. The Lord wanted you to defeat Sihon, and now this has happened.

Joshua 11:20

The Lord made those people stubborn so they would fight against Israel and he could completely destroy them without mercy. This is what the Lord had commanded Moses to do.

Joshua 8:16

The men in Ai were called to chase Joshua and his men, so they left the city and went after them.

Joshua 8:18

Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Hold your spear toward Ai, because I will give you that city.” So Joshua held his spear toward the city of Ai.

Joshua 8:3

So Joshua led his whole army toward Ai. Then he chose thirty thousand of his best fighting men and sent them out at night.

Judges 20:31

When the Benjaminites came out to fight them, the Israelites backed up and led the Benjaminites away from the city. The Benjaminites began to kill some of the Israelites as they had done before. About thirty Israelites were killed—some in the fields and some on the roads leading to Bethel and to Gibeah.