12And he had chosen five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Hai, on the west side of the same city:


In Context

9 And he sent them away, and they went on to the place of the ambush, and abode between Bethel and Hai, on the west side of the city of Hai. But Josue stayed that night in the midst of the people,

10 And rising early in the morning, he mustered his soldiers, and went up with the ancients in the front of the army environed with the aid of the fighting men.

11 And when they were come, and were gone up over against the city, they stood on the north side of the city, between which and them there was a valley in the midst.

12 And he had chosen five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Hai, on the west side of the same city:

13 But all the rest of the army went in battle array on the north side, so that the last of that multitude reached to the west side of the city. So Josue went that night, and stood in the midst of the valley.

14 And when the king of Hai saw this, he made haste in the morning, and went out with all the army of the city, and set it in battle array toward the desert, not knowing that there lay an ambush behind his back.

Joshua 8:12 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:12Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:12And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:12And he took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of the city.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:12Now he had taken about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west of the city.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:12And he took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of the city.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:12And he took about five thousand men; and set them to lie in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of the city.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:12He took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:12And he taketh about five thousand men, and setteth them an ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west of the city;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:12And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.