Joshua 8:20

New English Translation

When the men of Ai turned around, they saw the smoke from the city ascending into the sky and were so shocked they were unable to flee in any direction. In the meantime the men who were retreating to the desert turned against their pursuers.

Cross References

Genesis 19:28

He looked out toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of that region. As he did so, he saw the smoke rising up from the land like smoke from a furnace.

Job 11:20

But the eyes of the wicked fail, and escape eludes them; their one hope is to breathe their last.”

Psalm 76:5

The bravehearted were plundered; they “fell asleep.” All the warriors were helpless.

Isaiah 34:10

Night and day it will burn; its smoke will ascend continually. Generation after generation it will be a wasteland and no one will ever pass through it again.

Joshua 8:19

When he held out his hand, the men waiting in ambush rose up quickly from their place and attacked. They entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.

Joshua 8:21

When Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that the city was going up in smoke, they turned around and struck down the men of Ai.

Revelation 18:9

Then the kings of the earth who committed immoral acts with her and lived in sensual luxury with her will weep and wail for her when they see the smoke from the fire that burns her up.

Revelation 19:3

Then a second time the crowd shouted, “Hallelujah!” The smoke rises from her forever and ever.

Judges 20:38

The Israelites and the men hiding in ambush had arranged a signal. When the men hiding in ambush sent up a smoke signal from the city,

Judges 20:40

But when the signal, a pillar of smoke, began to rise up from the city, the Benjaminites turned around and saw the whole city going up in a cloud of smoke that rose high into the sky.

Judges 20:41

When the Israelites turned around, the Benjaminites panicked because they could see that disaster was on their doorstep.