Joshua 8:20

New Century Version

When the men of Ai looked back, they saw smoke rising from their city. At the same time the Israelites stopped running and turned against the men of Ai, who could not escape in any direction.

Cross References

Genesis 19:28

He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the Jordan Valley and saw smoke rising from the land, like smoke from a furnace.

Job 11:20

But the wicked will not be able to see, so they will not escape. Their only hope will be to die.”

Psalm 76:5

The brave soldiers were stripped as they lay asleep in death. Not one warrior had the strength to stop it.

Isaiah 34:10

The fires will burn night and day; the smoke will rise from Edom forever. Year after year that land will be empty; no one will ever travel through that land again.

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 8:21

When Joshua and all his men saw that the army had taken control of the city and saw the smoke rising from it, they stopped running and turned to fight the men of Ai.

Revelation 18:9

The kings of the earth who sinned sexually with her and shared her wealth will see the smoke from her burning. Then they will cry and be sad because of her death.

Revelation 19:3

Again they said: “Hallelujah! She is burning, and her smoke will rise forever and ever.”

Judges 20:38

Now the Israelites had set up a signal with the men in hiding. The men in the surprise attack were to send up a cloud of smoke from the city.

Judges 20:40

But then a cloud of smoke began to rise from the city. The Benjaminites turned around and saw that the whole city was going up in smoke.

Judges 20:41

Then the Israelites turned and began to fight. The Benjaminites were terrified because they knew that disaster was coming to them.