15Joshua and all Israel let themselves be driven back before them, and they fled toward the desert.


In Context

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.

15 Joshua and all Israel let themselves be driven back before them, and they fled toward the desert.

16 All the men of Ai were called to pursue them, and they pursued Joshua and were lured away from the city.

17 Not a man remained in Ai or Bethel who did not go after Israel. They left the city open and went in pursuit of Israel.

Joshua 8:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:15And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:15But Josue, and all Israel gave back, making as if they were afraid, and fleeing by the way of the wilderness.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:15And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:15And Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten before them; and they fled by the way of the wilderness.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:15And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:15And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:15Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:15And Joshua and all Israel seem stricken before them, and flee the way of the wilderness,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:15And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.