Joshua 8:14

New Living Translation

When the king of Ai saw the Israelites across the valley, he and all his army hurried out early in the morning and attacked the Israelites at a place overlooking the Jordan Valley. But he didn’t realize there was an ambush behind the town.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 9:12

People can never predict when hard times might come. Like fish in a net or birds in a trap, people are caught by sudden tragedy.

Isaiah 19:11

What fools are the officials of Zoan! Their best counsel to the king of Egypt is stupid and wrong. Will they still boast to Pharaoh of their wisdom? Will they dare brag about all their wise ancestors?

Isaiah 19:13

The officials of Zoan are fools, and the officials of Memphis are deluded. The leaders of the people have led Egypt astray.

Daniel 4:31

“While these words were still in his mouth, a voice called down from heaven, ‘O King Nebuchadnezzar, this message is for you! You are no longer ruler of this kingdom.

Matthew 24:39

People didn’t realize what was going to happen until the flood came and swept them all away. That is the way it will be when the Son of Man comes.

Matthew 24:50

The master will return unannounced and unexpected,

Deuteronomy 1:1

These are the words that Moses spoke to all the people of Israel while they were in the wilderness east of the Jordan River. They were camped in the Jordan Valley near Suph, between Paran on one side and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Di-zahab on the other.

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.

Joshua 8:15

Joshua and the Israelite army fled toward the wilderness as though they were badly beaten.

Joshua 8:16

Then all the men in the town were called out to chase after them. In this way, they were lured away from the town.

Joshua 8:5

When our main army attacks, the men of Ai will come out to fight as they did before, and we will run away from them.

2 Peter 2:3

In their greed they will make up clever lies to get hold of your money. But God condemned them long ago, and their destruction will not be delayed.

Judges 20:37

Then those who were hiding rushed in from all sides and killed everyone in the town.