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Joshua 8:14-16
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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.[a] But he did not realize an ambush was waiting for him behind the city.[b] 15 Joshua and all Israel pretended to be defeated by them, and they retreated along the way to the wilderness. 16 All the reinforcements[c] in Ai[d] were ordered[e] to chase them; they chased Joshua and were lured away from the city.

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  1. 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.
  2. Joshua 8:14 tn Heb “did not know that an ambush for him was behind the city.”
  3. Joshua 8:16 tn Heb “All the people.”
  4. Joshua 8:16 tc Some textual witnesses read “the city.”
  5. Joshua 8:16 tn Or “were summoned”; or “were mustered.”
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