Joshua 8:13-15

International Standard Version

¹³ stationing their forces with its main encampment north of the city and its rear guard to the west. Joshua spent that night in the valley.

¹⁴ When the king of Ai saw what had happened,^[a] he and his army quickly got up early and went out to meet Israel in battle. He and all his people met at the place adjacent to the desert plain. But he didn’t know about the ambush that had been set for him on the other side of the city. ¹⁵ Because Joshua and the entire fighting force of^[b] Israel pretended to lose the battle by running away in front of them toward the wilderness,