Joshua 8:15
Joshua and all Israel pretended to be defeated by them and they retreated along the way to the wilderness.
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- Josh 18:12 : 12 Their northern border started at the Jordan, went up to the slope of Jericho on the north, ascended westward to the hill country, and extended to the wilderness of Beth Aven.
- Judg 20:36 : 36 Then the Benjaminites saw they were defeated.The Israelites retreated before Benjamin, because they had confidence in the men they had hid in ambush outside Gibeah.
- Josh 15:61 : 61 These cities were in the wilderness: Beth Arabah, Middin, Secacah,
- Josh 16:1 : 1 Joseph’s Tribal Lands The land allotted to Joseph’s descendants extended from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho to the east, through the desert and on up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.
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- Josh 8:16-172 verses83%
16 All the reinforcements in Ai were ordered to chase them; they chased Joshua and were lured away from the city.
17 No men were left in Ai or Bethel; they all went out after Israel. They left the city wide open and chased Israel.
- Josh 8:19-224 verses79%
19 When he held out his hand, the men waiting in ambush rose up quickly from their place and attacked. They entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.
20 When the men of Ai turned around, they saw the smoke from the city ascending into the sky and were so shocked they were unable to flee in any direction. In the meantime the men who were retreating to the wilderness turned against their pursuers.
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, 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. The Israelites struck them down, leaving no survivors or refugees.
- Josh 8:4-63 verses79%
4 He ordered them,“Look, set an ambush behind the city. Don’t go very far from the city; all of you be ready!
5 I and all the troops who are with me will approach the city. When they come out to fight us like before, we will retreat from them.
6 They will attack us until we have lured them from the city, for they will say,‘They are retreating from us like before.’ We will retreat from them.
- Josh 8:9-146 verses78%
9 Joshua sent them away and they went to their hiding place west of Ai, between Bethel and Ai. Joshua spent that night with the army.
10 Bright and early the next morning Joshua gathered the army, and he and the leaders of Israel marched at the head of it to Ai.
11 All the troops that were with him marched up and drew near the city. They camped north of Ai on the other side of the valley.
12 He took five thousand men and set an ambush west of the city between Bethel and Ai.
13 The army was in position– the main army north of the city and the rear guard west of the city. That night Joshua went into the middle of the valley.
14 When the king of Ai saw Israel, they rushed to get up early. Then the men of the city went out to meet Israel in battle, he and all his people, at the meeting place near the rift valley. But he did not realize an ambush was waiting for him behind the city.
- Josh 11:7-82 verses75%
7 Joshua and his whole army caught them by surprise at the Waters of Merom and attacked them.
8 The LORD handed them over to Israel and they struck them down and chased them all the way to Greater Sidon, Misrephoth Maim, and the Mizpah Valley to the east. They struck them down until no survivors remained.
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24 When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai who had chased them toward the wilderness(they all fell by the sword), all Israel returned to Ai and put the sword to it.
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8 O Lord, what can I say now that Israel has retreated before its enemies?
- Josh 9:2-32 verses74%
2 they formed an alliance to fight against Joshua and Israel.
3 When the residents of Gibeon heard what Joshua did to Jericho and Ai,
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24 They told Joshua,“Surely the LORD is handing over all the land to us! All who live in the land are cringing before us!”
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42 They retreated before the Israelites, taking the road to the wilderness. But the battle overtook them as men from the surrounding cities struck them down.
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15 Then Joshua and all Israel returned to the camp at Gilgal.
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14 So Joab and his men marched toward the Arameans to do battle, and they fled before him.
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16 The Israelites fled from before the Judahite army, and God handed them over to the men of Judah.
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1 When all the Amorite kings on the west side of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the seacoast heard how the LORD had dried up the water of the Jordan before the Israelites while they crossed, they lost their courage and could not even breathe for fear of the Israelites.
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32 Then the Benjaminites said,“They are defeated just as before.” But the Israelites said,“Let’s retreat and lure them away from the city into the main roads.”
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24 They said to Joshua,“It was carefully reported to your subjects how the LORD your God commanded Moses his servant to assign you the whole land and to destroy all who live in the land from before you. Because of you we were terrified we would lose our lives, so we did this thing.
- Josh 10:8-103 verses73%
8 The LORD told Joshua,“Don’t be afraid of them, for I am handing them over to you. Not one of them can resist you.”
9 Joshua attacked them by surprise after marching all night from Gilgal.
10 The LORD routed them before Israel. Israel thoroughly defeated them at Gibeon. They chased them up the road to the pass of Beth Horon and struck them down all the way to Azekah and Makkedah.
- Josh 8:1-22 verses73%
1 Israel Conquers Ai The LORD told Joshua,“Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! Take the whole army with you and march against Ai! See, I am handing over to you the king of Ai, along with his people, city, and land.
2 Do to Ai and its king what you did to Jericho and its king, except you may plunder its goods and cattle. Set an ambush behind the city!”
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4 So about three thousand men went up, but they fled from the men of Ai.
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26 Joshua kept holding out his curved sword until Israel had annihilated all who lived in Ai.