Joshua 8:12-14

International Children’s Bible

¹² Then Joshua chose about 5,000 men. He set them in ambush in the area west of the city between Bethel and Ai. ¹³ So the people took their positions. The main camp was north of the city. The other men were hiding to the west. That night Joshua went down into the valley.

¹⁴ Now the king of Ai saw the army of Israel. So he and his people got up early the next morning and hurried out to fight them. They went out to a place east of the city. The king did not know soldiers were waiting in ambush behind the city.