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Joshua 8:14

When the king of Ai saw the Israelites, he hurried out early in the morning with the men of the city to engage them in battle at an appointed place overlooking the Arabah. But he did not know that an ambush had been set up against him behind the city.

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ASV

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 the time appointed, before the Arabah; but he knew not that there was an ambush against him behind the city.

KJV

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 were liers in ambush against him behind the city.

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26 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיְהִ֞יvay.Hiand it wasH1961 →
כִּרְא֣וֹתkir.'otwhen sawH7200 →
מֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428 →
הָעַ֗יha.'Ai<the> AiH5857 →
וַֽיְמַהֲר֡וּvay.ma.ha.Ruand they hurriedH4116 →
וַיַּשְׁכִּ֡ימוּvai.yash.Ki.muand they rose earlyH7925 →
וַיֵּצְא֣וּvai.ye.tze.'Uand they went outH3318 →
אַנְשֵֽׁי־'an.shei-[the] men ofH582 →
הָעִ֣ירha.'Irthe cityH5892 →
לִקְרַֽאת־lik.rat-to meetH7122 →
יִ֠שְׂרָאֵלYis.ra.'elIsraelH3478 →
לַֽמִּלְחָמָ֞הla.mil.cha.Mahfor <the> battleH4421 →
ה֧וּאhu'heH1931 →
וְכָל־ve.kholand allH3605 →
עַמּ֛וֹa.Mopeople hisH5971 →
לַמּוֹעֵ֖דla.mo.'Edto the appointed placeH4150 →
לִפְנֵ֣יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440 →
הָֽעֲרָבָ֑הha.'a.ra.Vahthe ArabahH6160 →
וְהוּא֙ve.Hu'and heH1931 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
יָדַ֔עya.Da'he knewH3045 →
כִּֽי־ki-thatH3588 →
אֹרֵ֥ב'o.Revan ambushH693 →
ל֖וֹlofor <the> him
מֵאַחֲרֵ֥יme.'a.cha.Rei[was] <from> behindH310 →
הָעִֽיר׃ha.'Irthe cityH5892 →

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Judges 20:34Then 10,000 select men from all Israel made a frontal assault against Gibeah, and the battle was fierce. But the Benjamites did not realize that disaster was upon them.Matthew 24:39And they were oblivious, until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.Judges 20:34–36Then 10,000 select men from all Israel made a frontal assault against Gibeah, and the battle was fierce. But the Benjamites did not realize that disaster was upon them.2 Peter 2:3In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.Daniel 4:31While the words were still in the king’s mouth, a voice came from heaven: “It is decreed to you, King Nebuchadnezzar, that the kingdom has departed from you.Deuteronomy 1:1These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan—in the Arabah opposite Suph—between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.Joshua 8:5Then I and all the troops with me will advance on the city. When they come out against us as they did the first time, we will flee from them.Isaiah 19:13The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. The cornerstones of her tribes have led Egypt astray.1 Thessalonians 5:1–3Now about the times and seasons, brothers, we do not need to write to you.Joshua 8:16Then all the men of Ai were summoned to pursue them, and they followed Joshua and were drawn away from the city.Isaiah 19:11The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?Matthew 24:50The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate.Ecclesiastes 9:12For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.Jeremiah 51:12Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon; post the guard; station the watchmen; prepare the ambush. For the LORD has both devised and accomplished what He spoke against the people of Babylon.Joshua 8:2And you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that you may carry off their plunder and livestock for yourselves. Set up an ambush behind the city.”Exodus 34:29And when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands, he was unaware that his face had become radiant from speaking with the LORD.

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Joshua Burns the Town of Ai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Joshua Burns the Town of Ai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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