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Joshua 8:12-14
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12 He took 5,000 men and set an ambush west of the city between Bethel and Ai. 13 The army was in position—the main army north of the city and the rear guard west of the city. That night Joshua went into[a] the middle of the valley.

14 When the king of Ai and all his people saw Israel, they rushed to get up early. Then the king and the men of the city went out to meet Israel in battle, at the meeting place near the rift valley.[b] But he did not realize an ambush was waiting for him behind the city.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 8:13 tn Some Hebrew mss read, “spent the night in.”
  2. Joshua 8:14 sn This probably refers to the hill country at the edge of the rift valley between Ai and Jericho. This part of the battle was probably engaged where Israel would have come up to the hill country out of the rift valley from Jericho, an ascent of about 4000 feet (with ups and downs) over ten miles.
  3. Joshua 8:14 tn Heb “did not know that an ambush for him was behind the city.”
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