Joshua 8:14
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.
KJV
Quod cum vidisset rex Hai, festinavit mane, et egressus est cum omni exercitu civitatis, direxitque aciem contra desertum, ignorans quod post tergum laterent insidiæ.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς ἴδεν βασιλεὺς Γαί, ἔσπευσεν καὶ ἐξῆλθεν εἰς συνάντησιν αὐτοῖς ἐπ’ εὐθείας εἰς τὸν πόλεμον, αὐτὸς καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ὁ μετ’ αὐτοῦ· καὶ αὐτὸς οὐκ ᾔδει ὅτι ἔνεδρα αὐτῷ ἐστιν ὀπίσω τῆς πόλεως.
LXX
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.
ASV
וַ/יְהִ֞י כִּ/רְא֣וֹת מֶֽלֶךְ הָ/עַ֗י וַֽ/יְמַהֲר֡וּ וַ/יַּשְׁכִּ֡ימוּ וַ/יֵּצְא֣וּ אַנְשֵֽׁי הָ/עִ֣יר לִ/קְרַֽאת יִ֠שְׂרָאֵל לַֽ/מִּלְחָמָ֞ה ה֧וּא וְ/כָל עַמּ֛/וֹ לַ/מּוֹעֵ֖ד לִ/פְנֵ֣י הָֽ/עֲרָבָ֑ה וְ/הוּא֙ לֹ֣א יָדַ֔ע כִּֽי אֹרֵ֥ב ל֖/וֹ מֵ/אַחֲרֵ֥י הָ/עִֽיר
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
23 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Judg 20:31 — And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up
- Judg 20:34 — And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.
- Matt 24:39 — And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.