Joshua 8:20

New International Reader's Version

The men of Ai looked back. They saw smoke rising up from the city into the sky. But they couldn’t escape in any direction. The Israelites had been running away toward the desert. But now they turned around to face those chasing them.

Cross References

Genesis 19:28

He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and the whole valley. He saw thick smoke rising from the land. It looked like smoke from a furnace.

Job 11:20

But sinful people won’t find what they are looking for. They won’t be able to escape. All they can hope for is to die.”

Psalm 76:5

Brave soldiers have been robbed of everything they had. Now they lie there, sleeping in death. Not one of them can even lift his hands.

Isaiah 34:10

The fire will keep burning night and day. It can’t be put out. Its smoke will go up forever. Edom will lie empty for all time to come. No one will ever travel through it again.

Joshua 8:19

As soon as he did, the men hiding behind the city got up quickly. They came out of their hiding places and rushed forward. They entered the city and captured it. They quickly set it on fire.

Joshua 8:21

Joshua and all his men saw that the men who had been hiding behind the city had captured it. They also saw that smoke was going up from it. So they turned around and attacked the men of Ai.

Revelation 18:9

“The kings of the earth who committed terrible sins with her will weep. They will mourn because they used to share her riches. They will see the smoke rising as she burns.

Revelation 19:3

Again they shouted, “Hallelujah! The smoke from her fire goes up for ever and ever.”

Judges 20:38

The Israelites had made a plan with those who had been hiding. They had told them to send up a large cloud of smoke from the city.

Judges 20:40

But a large cloud of smoke began to go up from the city. The men of Benjamin turned around. They saw the whole city going up in smoke.

Judges 20:41

Then the Israelites turned around and attacked them. The men of Benjamin were terrified. They realized they were going to be destroyed.