Verse 36

So the children{H1121} of Benjamin{H1144} saw{H7200}{(H8799)} that they were smitten{H5062}{(H8738)}: for the men{H376} of Israel{H3478} gave{H5414}{(H8799)} place{H4725} to the Benjamites{H1145}, because they trusted{H982}{(H8804)} unto the liers in wait{H693}{(H8802)} which they had set{H7760}{(H8804)} beside Gibeah{H1390}.

Referenced Verses

• Josh 8:15-29 : 15 And Joshua{H3091} and all Israel{H3478} made as if they were beaten{H5060}{(H8735)} before{H6440} them, and fled{H5127}{(H8799)} by the way{H1870} of the wilderness{H4057}. 16 And all the people{H5971} that were in Ai{H5857}{(H8675)}{H5892} were called{H2199}{(H8735)} together to pursue{H7291}{(H8800)} after{H310} them: and they pursued{H7291}{(H8799)} after{H310} Joshua{H3091}, and were drawn away{H5423}{(H8735)} from the city{H5892}. 17 And there was not a man{H376} left{H7604}{(H8738)} in Ai{H5857} or Bethel{H1008}, that went not out{H3318}{(H8804)} after{H310} Israel{H3478}: and they left{H5800}{(H8799)} the city{H5892} open{H6605}{(H8803)}, and pursued{H7291}{(H8799)} after Israel{H3478}. 18 And the LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Joshua{H3091}, Stretch out{H5186}{(H8798)} the spear{H3591} that is in thy hand{H3027} toward Ai{H5857}; for I will give{H5414}{(H8799)} it into thine hand{H3027}. And Joshua{H3091} stretched out{H5186}{(H8799)} the spear{H3591} that he had in his hand{H3027} toward the city{H5892}. 19 And the ambush{H693}{(H8802)} arose{H6965}{(H8804)} quickly{H4120} out of their place{H4725}, and they ran{H7323}{(H8799)} as soon as he had stretched out{H5186}{(H8800)} his hand{H3027}: and they entered{H935}{(H8799)} into the city{H5892}, and took{H3920}{(H8799)} it, and hasted{H4116}{(H8762)} and set{H3341}{(H8686)} the city{H5892} on fire{H784}. 20 And when the men{H582} of Ai{H5857} looked{H6437}{(H8799)} behind{H310} them, they saw{H7200}{(H8799)}, and, behold, the smoke{H6227} of the city{H5892} ascended up{H5927}{(H8804)} to heaven{H8064}, and they had no power{H3027} to flee{H5127}{(H8800)} this way or that way{H2008}: and the people{H5971} that fled{H5127}{(H8801)} to the wilderness{H4057} turned back{H2015}{(H8738)} upon the pursuers{H7291}{(H8802)}. 21 And when Joshua{H3091} and all Israel{H3478} saw{H7200}{(H8804)} that the ambush{H693}{(H8802)} had taken{H3920}{(H8804)} the city{H5892}, and that the smoke{H6227} of the city{H5892} ascended{H5927}{(H8804)}, then they turned again{H7725}{(H8799)}, and slew{H5221}{(H8686)} the men{H582} of Ai{H5857}. 22 And the other{H428} issued out{H3318}{(H8804)} of the city{H5892} against{H7125}{(H8800)} them; so they were in the midst{H8432} of Israel{H3478}, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote{H5221}{(H8686)} them, so that{H5704} they let{H7604}{(H8689)} none of them remain{H8300} or escape{H6412}. 23 And the king{H4428} of Ai{H5857} they took{H8610}{(H8804)} alive{H2416}, and brought{H7126}{(H8686)} him to Joshua{H3091}. 24 And it came to pass, when Israel{H3478} had made an end{H3615}{(H8763)} of slaying{H2026}{(H8800)} all the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of Ai{H5857} in the field{H7704}, in the wilderness{H4057} wherein they chased{H7291}{(H8804)} them, and when they were all fallen{H5307}{(H8799)} on the edge{H6310} of the sword{H2719}, until they were consumed{H8552}{(H8800)}, that all the Israelites{H3478} returned{H7725}{(H8799)} unto Ai{H5857}, and smote{H5221}{(H8686)} it with the edge{H6310} of the sword{H2719}. 25 And so it was, that all that fell{H5307}{(H8802)} that day{H3117}, both of men{H376} and women{H802}, were twelve{H8147}{H6240} thousand{H505}, even all the men{H582} of Ai{H5857}. 26 For Joshua{H3091} drew{H7725} not his hand{H3027} back{H7725}{(H8689)}, wherewith he stretched out{H5186}{(H8804)} the spear{H3591}, until he had utterly destroyed{H2763}{(H8689)} all the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of Ai{H5857}. 27 Only the cattle{H929} and the spoil{H7998} of that city{H5892} Israel{H3478} took for a prey{H962}{(H8804)} unto themselves, according unto the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068} which he commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} Joshua{H3091}. 28 And Joshua{H3091} burnt{H8313}{(H8799)} Ai{H5857}, and made{H7760}{(H8799)} it an heap{H8510} for ever{H5769}, even a desolation{H8077} unto this day{H3117}. 29 And the king{H4428} of Ai{H5857} he hanged{H8518}{(H8804)} on a tree{H6086} until eventide{H6256}{H6153}: and as soon as the sun{H8121} was down{H935}{(H8800)}, Joshua{H3091} commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} that they should take{H3381} his carcase{H5038} down{H3381}{(H8686)} from the tree{H6086}, and cast{H7993}{(H8686)} it at the entering{H6607} of the gate{H8179} of the city{H5892}, and raise{H6965}{(H8686)} thereon a great{H1419} heap{H1530} of stones{H68}, that remaineth unto this day{H3117}.