Joshua 8:12

New Living Translation

That night Joshua sent about 5,000 men to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the town.

Cross References

Genesis 12:8

After that, Abram traveled south and set up camp in the hill country, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built another altar and dedicated it to the Lord, and he worshiped the Lord.

Genesis 28:19

He named that place Bethel (which means “house of God”), although it was previously called Luz.

Joshua 8:11

All the fighting men who were with Joshua marched in front of the town and camped on the north side of Ai, with a valley between them and the town.

Joshua 8:13

So they stationed the main army north of the town and the ambush west of the town. Joshua himself spent that night in the valley.

Judges 1:22

The descendants of Joseph attacked the town of Bethel, and the Lord was with them.

1 Samuel 15:5

Then Saul and his army went to a town of the Amalekites and lay in wait in the valley.