Joshua 8:20

New Living Translation

When the men of Ai looked behind them, smoke from the town was filling the sky, and they had nowhere to go. For the Israelites who had fled in the direction of the wilderness now turned on their pursuers.

Cross References

Genesis 19:28

He looked out across the plain toward Sodom and Gomorrah and watched as columns of smoke rose from the cities like smoke from a furnace.

Job 11:20

But the wicked will be blinded. They will have no escape. Their only hope is death.”

Psalm 76:5

Our boldest enemies have been plundered. They lie before us in the sleep of death. No warrior could lift a hand against us.

Isaiah 34:10

This judgment on Edom will never end; the smoke of its burning will rise forever. The land will lie deserted from generation to generation. No one will live there anymore.

Joshua 8:19

As soon as Joshua gave this signal, all the men in ambush jumped up from their position and poured into the town. They quickly captured it and set it on fire.

Joshua 8:21

When Joshua and all the other Israelites saw that the ambush had succeeded and that smoke was rising from the town, they turned and attacked the men of Ai.

Revelation 18:9

And the kings of the world who committed adultery with her and enjoyed her great luxury will mourn for her as they see the smoke rising from her charred remains.

Revelation 19:3

And again their voices rang out: “Praise the Lord! The smoke from that city ascends forever and ever!”

Judges 20:38

They had arranged to send up a large cloud of smoke from the town as a signal.

Judges 20:40

But when the warriors of Benjamin looked behind them and saw the smoke rising into the sky from every part of the town,

Judges 20:41

the men of Israel turned and attacked. At this point the men of Benjamin became terrified, because they realized disaster was close at hand.