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21 When Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that the city was going up in smoke,[a] they turned around and struck down the men of Ai. 22 At the same time the men who had taken the city came out to fight, and the men of Ai were trapped in the middle.[b] The Israelites struck them down, leaving no survivors or refugees. 23 But they captured the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 8:21 tn Heb “and that the smoke of the city ascended.”
  2. Joshua 8:22 tn Heb “and these went out from the city to meet them and they were for Israel in the middle, some on this side, and others on the other side.”