Joshua 8:14-16

New International Reader's Version

¹⁴ The king of Ai saw what the troops with Joshua were doing. So the king and all his men hurried out of the city early in the morning. They marched out to meet Israel in battle. They went to a place that looked out over the Arabah Valley. The king didn’t know that some of Israel’s fighting men were hiding behind the city. ¹⁵ Joshua and all his men let the men of Ai drive them back. The Israelites ran away toward the desert. ¹⁶ All the men of Ai were called out to chase them. They chased Joshua. So they were drawn away from the city.