Joshua 8:14-16

Common English Bible

Israel’s successful strategy

¹⁴ As soon as the king of Ai saw this, he and all his troops, the men of the city, hurried out early in the morning to meet Israel in battle. They moved out to the battleground on the slopes down toward the Jordan.^[a] He didn’t know that there was an ambush set against him behind the city. ¹⁵ Then Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten before them. They fled in the direction of the desert. ¹⁶ Next, all the troops who were still in the city were called out to chase them. They chased after Joshua and so let themselves be drawn away from the city.