Joshua 8:12-14

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

¹² And he took about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, west of the city.

¹³ So they stationed all the army—the main encampment that was north of the city and their men in ambush behind and on the west of the city—and Joshua went that night into the midst of the ravine.

¹⁴ When the king [and people] of Ai saw it, they hastily rose early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle [at a time and place appointed] before the Arabah [plain]. But he did not know of the ambush against him behind the city.