ambush And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an {ambush} for the city behind it. ambush Then ye shall rise up from the {ambush}, and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand. ambush Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in {ambush}, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people. ambush And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in {ambush} between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city. ambush And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw [it], that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that [there w ere] liers in {ambush} against him behind the city. ambush And the {ambush} arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire. ambush And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the {ambush} had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai. ~~~~~~