the Lord said to Joshua, Raise up the shield [or the sword] that is in thine hand, against the city of Ai; for I shall give it to thee. And when Joshua had raised up his banner or the shield [or the sword] against the city of Ai,
And thou shalt do to the city of Ai, and to the king thereof, as thou didest to Jericho, and the king thereof; soothly ye shall take to you the prey, and all [the] living beasts, set [or put] thou ambushes, either ambushments, to the city behind it.
Forsooth the men of the city, that pursued Joshua, beheld, and saw the smoke of the city ascend [or go up] till to heaven; and they might no more flee hither and thither; mostly since they that had feigned flight, and went to wilderness, withstood strongliest against the pursuers.
Therefore all the sons of Israel rose of their seats, and setted battle array in the place which is called Baaltamar. And the ambushments, that were about the city, began to open themselves little and little, and to go forth from the west part of the city.
And when these ambushments had risen up suddenly from [the] hid places, and Benjamin gave backs to the slayers, they entered into the city, and they smote it by sharpness of sword.