Joshua 8:3
Joshua and the whole army marched against Ai. Joshua selected thirty thousand brave warriors and sent them out at night.
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- Matt 24:39 : 39 And they knew nothing until the flood came and took them all away. It will be the same at the coming of the Son of Man.
- Matt 24:50 : 50 then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee,
- Matt 25:6 : 6 But at midnight there was a shout,‘Look, the bridegroom is here! Come out to meet him.’
- 1 Thess 5:2 : 2 For you know quite well that the day of the Lord will come in the same way as a thief in the night.
- 2 Pet 3:10 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; when it comes, the heavens will disappear with a horrific noise, and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze, and the earth and every deed done on it will be laid bare.
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- Josh 7:2-54 verses82%
2 Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai(which is located near Beth Aven, east of Bethel) and instructed them,“Go up and spy on the land.” So the men went up and spied on Ai.
3 They returned and reported to Joshua,“Don’t send the whole army. About two or three thousand men are adequate to defeat Ai. Don’t tire out the whole army, for Ai is small.”
4 So about three thousand men went up, but they fled from the men of Ai.
5 The men of Ai killed about thirty-six of them and chased them from in front of the city gate all the way to the fissures and defeated them on the steep slope. The people’s courage melted away like water.
- Josh 8:8-2619 verses82%
8 When you capture the city, set it on fire in keeping with the Lord’s message. See, I have given you orders.”
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.
15 Joshua and all Israel pretended to be defeated by them and they retreated along the way to the wilderness.
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.
18 The LORD told Joshua,“Hold out toward Ai the curved sword in your hand, for I am handing the city over to you.” So Joshua held out toward Ai the curved sword in his hand.
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.
23 But they captured the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.
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.
25 Twelve thousand men and women died that day, including all the men of Ai.
26 Joshua kept holding out his curved sword until Israel had annihilated all who lived in Ai.
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4 He ordered them,“Look, set an ambush behind the city. Don’t go very far from the city; all of you be ready!
- Josh 8:1-22 verses77%
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!”
- Josh 10:7-93 verses74%
7 So Joshua and his whole army, including the bravest warriors, marched up from Gilgal.
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.
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13 About forty thousand battle-ready troops marched past the LORD to fight on the rift valley plains of Jericho.
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7 Joshua and his whole army caught them by surprise at the Waters of Merom and attacked them.
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1 Israel Crosses the Jordan Bright and early the next morning Joshua and the Israelites left Shittim and came to the Jordan. They camped there before crossing the river.
- Judg 7:8-92 verses70%
8 The men who were chosen took supplies and their trumpets. Gideon sent all the men of Israel back to their homes; he kept only three hundred men. Now the Midianites were camped down below in the valley.
9 Gideon Reassured of Victory That night the LORD said to Gideon,“Get up! Attack the camp, for I am handing it over to you.
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3 When the residents of Gibeon heard what Joshua did to Jericho and Ai,
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7 And he told the army,“Move ahead and march around the city, with armed troops going ahead of the ark of the LORD.”
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8 When Saul counted them at Bezek, the Israelites were 300,000 strong and the men of Judah numbered 30,000.
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2 The LORD told Joshua,“See, I am about to defeat Jericho for you, along with its king and its warriors.
- Num 31:3-53 verses68%
3 So Moses spoke to the people:“Arm men from among you for the war, to attack the Midianites and to execute the LORD’s vengeance on Midian.
4 You must send to the battle a thousand men from every tribe throughout all the tribes of Israel.”
5 So a thousand from every tribe, twelve thousand armed for battle in all, were provided out of the thousands of Israel.
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13 Israel Conquers Jericho When Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him holding a drawn sword. Joshua approached him and asked him,“Are you on our side or allied with our enemies?”
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1 David Brings the Ark to Jerusalem David again assembled all the best men in Israel, thirty thousand in number.
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3 Abijah launched the attack with 400,000 well-trained warriors, while Jeroboam deployed against him 800,000 well-trained warriors.