And 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.”
But the women, children, livestock, and whatever else is in the city—all its spoil—you may take as plunder, and you shal
With the edge of the sword they devoted to destruction everything in the city—man and woman, young and old, oxen, sheep,
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
The moment they began their shouts and praises, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir who
Israel took for themselves only the cattle and plunder of that city, as the LORD had commanded Joshua.
When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai who had pursued them into the field and wilderness, and when every la
So Joshua sent them out, and they went to the place of ambush and lay in wait between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai.
Now Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai and devoted it to destruction—doing to Ai and its ki
Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon; post the guard; station the watchmen; prepare the ambush. For the LORD has
Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,
you are to rise from the ambush and seize the city, for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.
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 b
Now Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set up an ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.
Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his ric
Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them
A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
So Israel set up an ambush around Gibeah.
and as soon as he did so, the men in ambush rose quickly from their position. They rushed forward, entered the city, cap
On that day Joshua captured Makkedah and put it to the sword, along with its king. He devoted to destruction everyone in
But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accum
But the LORD said to me, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, along with all his people and his la
Now Jeroboam had sent troops around to ambush from the rear, so that while he was in front of Judah, the ambush was behi