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


In Context

9 Then Joshua sent them off, and they went to the place of ambush and lay in wait between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai-but Joshua spent that night with the people.

10 Early the next morning Joshua mustered his men, and he and the leaders of Israel marched before them to Ai.

11 The entire force that was with him marched up and approached the city and arrived in front of it. They set up camp north of Ai, with the valley between them and the city.

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

13 They had the soldiers take up their positions-all those in the camp to the north of the city and the ambush to the west of it. That night Joshua went into the valley.

14 When the king of Ai saw this, he and all the men of the city hurried out early in the morning to meet Israel in battle at a certain place overlooking the Arabah. But he did not know that an ambush had been set against him behind the city.

Joshua 8:12 in Other Translations

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:12And 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:

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.