Joshua 8:17-22

¹⁷and soothly not one had or was left in the city of Ai and Bethel, that pursued not Israel, and they left the cities open, as they had broken out,

¹⁸the Lord said to Joshua, Raise up the shield or the sword that is in thine hand, against the city of Ai; for I shall give it to thee. And when Joshua had raised up his banner or the shield or the sword against the city of Ai,

¹⁹the ambushments, that were hid, rose up anon; and they went to the city, and took it, and burnt it.

²⁰Forsooth the men of the city, that pursued Joshua, beheld, and saw the smoke of the city ascend or go up till to heaven; and they might no more flee hither and thither; mostly since they that had feigned flight, and went to wilderness, withstood strongliest against the pursuers.

²¹And Joshua saw, and all Israel, that the city was taken, and that the smoke of the city went up; and he turned again, and killed the men of Ai.

²²And also those men that had taken and burnt the city, went out of the city against their enemies, and they began to smite the middle men of their enemies; and when their adversaries were slain behind and before, so that no man of so great a multitude was saved,