Joshua 8:13-15

Lexham English Bible

¹³ So they stationed the forces; all the army was north of the city while the rear guard was west.^[a] But Joshua went that night to the middle of the valley. ¹⁴ When the king of Ai saw this, the men of the city hurried and rose early and went out to meet Israel for battle—he^[b] and all his army—to the meeting place before the Arabah.^[c] He did not know that there was an ambush for him behind the city. ¹⁵ Then Joshua and all Israel acted like they were beaten before them, and they fled in the direction of the wilderness.^[d]