Joshua 8:15 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Joshua and all Israel pretended to be beaten back by them and fled towards the wilderness. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Joshua and all Israel pretended to be beaten by them, and fled toward the wilderness. American Standard Version (1901) And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. Common English Bible Then Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten before them. They fled in the direction of the desert. Catholic Public Domain Version Yet truly, Joshua, and all of Israel, withdrew from the place, pretending to be afraid, and fleeing along the way of the wilderness. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But Josue, and all Israel gave back, making as if they were afraid, and fleeing by the way of the wilderness. |
The land allotted for the descendants of Joseph went from the Jordan at Jericho to the Waters of Jericho on the east, through the wilderness ascending from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.
Their border on the north side began at the Jordan, ascended to the slope of Jericho on the north, through the hill country westwards, and ended at the wilderness around Beth-aven.
When the king of Ai saw the Israelites, the men of the city hurried and went out early in the morning so that he and all his people could engage Israel in battle at a suitable place facing the Arabah. But he did not know there was an ambush waiting for him behind the city.
Then the Benjaminites realised they had been defeated. The men of Israel had retreated before Benjamin, because they were confident in the ambush they had set against Gibeah.
They retreated before the men of Israel towards the wilderness, but the battle overtook them, and those who came out of the cities slaughtered those between them.