² You shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that you may carry off their plunder^(A) and livestock for yourselves.^(B) Set an ambush^(C) behind the city.”

⁵ Saul went to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the ravine.

²² As they began to sing and praise, the Lord set ambushes^(A) against the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated.

³¹ On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal^(A) to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us,^(B) and he protected us from enemies and bandits along the way.