Joshua 8:20

The Passion Translation

When the men of Ai looked back, they saw the smoke of their city rising to the sky. Joshua and his men also saw the smoke and knew that the other Israelite soldiers had captured the city and had set it on fire. The army of Ai had no place to escape, so Joshua and his men turned on them and began killing them.

Cross References

Revelation 19:3

And again they shouted: “Hallelujah! The smoke from her destruction goes up forever and ever!”

Revelation 18:9

The kings of the earth who fornicated with her and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail over her when they see the smoke of the fire that burns her up.

Isaiah 34:10

Night and day it will never be extinguished; its smoke will go up forever and ever. Through the endless ages it will lie desolate; no one will pass through it forever.

Psalm 76:5

Even the mightiest of men have been paralyzed by your presence. They were so stunned and lifeless, not even the strongest one could lift a hand.

Genesis 19:28

Looking down toward all the land of the plain, he saw columns of smoke billowing up from Sodom and Gomorrah —like the smoke of a furnace!

Joshua 8:19

and when Joshua gave this signal, all the men waiting in ambush behind the city jumped up from their position and poured into Ai. They quickly captured it and set it on fire.

Judges 20:38

The Israelites’ strategy was to send up a smoke signal from the city once they had sacked it,

Judges 20:40

But when the smoke signal began to go up from the city, the Benjamites looked behind them and saw the whole city going up in smoke!

Judges 20:41

When the men of Israel turned back, the men of Benjamin saw that disaster had come upon them, and they panicked.