Verse 36

So the children{H1121} of Benjamin{H1144} saw{H7200} that they were smitten;{H5062} for the men{H376} of Israel{H3478} gave{H5414} place{H4725} to Benjamin,{H1145} because they trusted{H982} unto the liers-in-wait{H693} whom they had set{H7760} against Gibeah.{H1390}

Referenced Verses

• Josh 8:15-29 : 15 And Joshua{H3091} and all Israel{H3478} made as if they were beaten{H5060} before{H6440} them, and fled{H5127} by the way{H1870} of the wilderness.{H4057} 16 And all the people{H5971} that were in the city{H5857} were called{H2199} together to pursue{H7291} after{H310} them: and they pursued{H7291} after{H310} Joshua,{H3091} and were drawn away{H5423} from the city.{H5892} 17 And there was not a man{H376} left{H7604} in Ai{H5857} or Beth-el,{H1008} that went not out{H3318} after{H310} Israel:{H3478} and they left{H5800} the city{H5892} open,{H6605} and pursued{H7291} after Israel.{H3478} 18 And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto Joshua,{H3091} Stretch out{H5186} the javelin{H3591} that is in thy hand{H3027} toward Ai;{H5857} for I will give{H5414} it into thy hand.{H3027} And Joshua{H3091} stretched out{H5186} the javelin{H3591} that was in his hand{H3027} toward the city.{H5892} 19 And the ambush{H693} arose{H6965} quickly{H4120} out of their place,{H4725} and they ran{H7323} as soon as he had stretched out{H5186} his hand,{H3027} and entered{H935} into the city,{H5892} and took{H3920} it; and they hasted{H4116} and set{H3341} the city{H5892} on fire.{H784} 20 And when the men{H582} of Ai{H5857} looked{H6437} behind{H310} them, they saw,{H7200} and, behold, the smoke{H6227} of the city{H5892} ascended up{H5927} to heaven,{H8064} and they had no power{H3027} to flee{H5127} this way or that way:{H2008} and the people{H5971} that fled{H5127} to the wilderness{H4057} turned back{H2015} upon the pursuers.{H7291} 21 And when Joshua{H3091} and all Israel{H3478} saw{H7200} that the ambush{H693} had taken{H3920} the city,{H5892} and that the smoke{H6227} of the city{H5892} ascended,{H5927} then they turned again,{H7725} and slew{H5221} the men{H582} of Ai.{H5857} 22 And the others{H428} came forth{H3318} out of the city{H5892} against{H7125} them; so they were in the midst{H8432} of Israel,{H3478} some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote{H5221} them, so that{H5704} they let{H7604} none of them remain{H8300} or escape.{H6412} 23 And the king{H4428} of Ai{H5857} they took{H8610} alive,{H2416} and brought{H7126} him to Joshua.{H3091} 24 And it came to pass, when Israel{H3478} had made an end{H3615} of slaying{H2026} all the inhabitants{H3427} of Ai{H5857} in the field,{H7704} in the wilderness{H4057} wherein they pursued{H7291} them, and they were all fallen{H5307} by the edge{H6310} of the sword,{H2719} until they were consumed,{H8552} that all Israel{H3478} returned{H7725} unto Ai,{H5857} and smote{H5221} it with the edge{H6310} of the sword.{H2719} 25 And all that fell{H5307} that day,{H3117} both of men{H376} and women,{H802} were twelve{H8147} thousand,{H505} even all the men{H376} of Ai.{H5857} 26 For Joshua{H3091} drew{H7725} not back{H7725} his hand,{H3027} wherewith he stretched out{H5186} the javelin,{H3591} until he had utterly destroyed{H2763} all the inhabitants{H3427} of Ai.{H5857} 27 Only the cattle{H929} and the spoil{H7998} of that city{H5892} Israel{H3478} took for prey{H962} unto themselves, according unto the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} which he commanded{H6680} Joshua.{H3091} 28 So Joshua{H3091} burnt{H8313} Ai,{H5857} and made{H7760} it a heap{H8510} for ever,{H5769} even a desolation,{H8077} unto this day.{H3117} 29 And the king{H4428} of Ai{H5857} he hanged{H8518} on a tree{H6086} until the eventide:{H6256} and at the going down{H935} of the sun{H8121} Joshua{H3091} commanded,{H6680} and they took{H3381} his body{H5038} down{H3381} from the tree,{H6086} and cast{H7993} it at the entrance{H6607} of the gate{H8179} of the city,{H5892} and raised{H6965} thereon a great{H1419} heap{H1530} of stones,{H68} unto this day.{H3117}