Joshua 8:2

New Century Version

You will do to Ai and its king what you did to Jericho and its king. Only this time you may take all the wealth and keep it for yourselves. Now tell some of your soldiers to set up an ambush behind the city.”

Cross References

2 Chronicles 13:13

But Jeroboam had sent some troops to sneak behind Judah’s army. So while Jeroboam was in front of Judah’s army, Jeroboam’s soldiers were behind them.

2 Chronicles 20:22

As they began to sing and praise God, the Lord set ambushes for the people of Ammon, Moab, and Edom who had come to attack Judah. And they were defeated.

Psalm 39:6

People are like shadows moving about. All their work is for nothing; they collect things but don’t know who will get them.

Proverbs 13:22

Good people leave their wealth to their grandchildren, but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for good people.

Proverbs 28:20

A truthful person will have many blessings, but those eager to get rich will be punished.

Jeremiah 17:11

Like a bird hatching an egg it did not lay, so are the people who get rich by cheating. When their lives are half finished, they will lose their riches. At the end of their lives, it will be clear they were fools.

Jeremiah 51:12

Lift up a banner against the walls of Babylon! Bring more guards. Put the watchmen in their places, and get ready for a secret attack! The Lord will certainly do what he has planned and what he said he would do against the people of Babylon.

Deuteronomy 2:35

But we kept the cattle and valuable things from the cities for ourselves.

Deuteronomy 20:14

and you may take everything else in the city for yourselves. Take the women, children, and animals, and you may use these things the Lord your God gives you from your enemies.

Deuteronomy 3:2

The Lord said to me, “Don’t be afraid of Og, because I will hand him, his whole army, and his land over to you. Do to him what you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon.”

Joshua 10:1

At this time Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had defeated Ai and completely destroyed it, as he had also done to Jericho and its king. The king also learned that the Gibeonites had made a peace agreement with Israel and that they lived nearby.

Joshua 10:28

That day Joshua defeated Makkedah. He killed the king and completely destroyed all the people in that city as an offering to the Lord; no one was left alive. He did the same thing to the king of Makkedah that he had done to the king of Jericho.

Joshua 11:14

The people of Israel kept for themselves everything they found in the cities, including all the animals. But they killed all the people there; they left no one alive.

Joshua 6:21

They completely destroyed with the sword every living thing in the city—men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep, and donkeys.

Joshua 8:12

Then Joshua chose about five thousand men and set them in ambush in the area west of the city between Bethel and Ai.

Joshua 8:14

Now when the king of Ai saw the army of Israel, he and his people got up early the next morning and hurried out to fight them. They went out to a place east of the city, but the king did not know soldiers were waiting in ambush behind the city.

Joshua 8:19

When the Israelites who were in ambush saw this, they quickly came out of their hiding place and hurried toward the city. They entered the city, took control of it, and quickly set it on fire.

Joshua 8:24

During the fighting the army of Israel chased the men of Ai into the fields and desert and killed all of them. Then they went back to Ai and killed everyone there.

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.

Joshua 8:7

come out from your ambush and take the city. The Lord your God will give you the power to win.

Joshua 8:8

After you take the city, burn it. See to it! You have your orders.”

Joshua 8:9

Then Joshua sent them to wait in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai. But Joshua stayed the night with his people.

Joshua 9:3

When the people of Gibeon heard how Joshua had defeated Jericho and Ai,