Joshua 8:14

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

When the king of Ai saw this, he and all his people, the inhabitants of the city, hurried out early in the morning to the meeting place facing the Arabah to meet Israel in battle, but he did not know that there was an ambush against him behind the city.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 9:12

For no one can anticipate one’s time. Like fish taken in a cruel net or like birds caught in a snare, so mortals are snared at a time of calamity, when it suddenly falls upon them.

Isaiah 19:11

Clearly the princes of Zoan are foolish; the wise counselors of Pharaoh give stupid counsel. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the sages, a descendant of ancient kings”?

Isaiah 19:13

The princes of Zoan have become fools, and the princes of Memphis are deluded; those who are the cornerstones of its tribes have led Egypt astray.

Daniel 4:31

While the words were still in the king’s mouth, a voice came down from heaven: “O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is declared: The kingdom is taken from you!

Matthew 24:39

and they knew nothing until the flood came and swept them all away, so, too, will be the coming of the Son of Man.

Matthew 24:50

the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour that he does not know.

Deuteronomy 1:1

These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan—in the wilderness, on the plain opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Di-zahab.

Joshua 8:13

So they stationed the forces, the main encampment that was north of the city and its rear guard west of the city, and Joshua went that night into the valley.

Joshua 8:15

And Joshua and all Israel made a pretense of being beaten before them and fled in the direction of the wilderness.

Joshua 8:16

So all the people who were in the city were called together to pursue them, and as they pursued Joshua they were drawn away from the city.

Joshua 8:5

I and all the people who are with me will approach the city. When they come out against us, as before, we will flee from them.

2 Peter 2:3

And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced against them long ago, has not been idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

Judges 20:37

The troops in ambush rushed quickly upon Gibeah. Then they put the whole city to the sword.