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Joshua 8:20
Joshua 8:20 is verse 20 of Joshua chapter 8, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
When the men of Ai turned and looked back, the smoke of the city was rising into the sky. They could not escape in any direction, and the troops who had fled to the wilderness now became the pursuers.
King James Version
And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.
World English Bible
When the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way. The people who fled to the wilderness turned back on the pursuers.
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Joshua 8:18–22 · Berean Standard Bible
18 Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Hold out your battle lance toward Ai, for into your hand I will deliver the city.” So Joshua held out his battle lance toward Ai,
19 and as soon as he did so, the men in ambush rose quickly from their position. They rushed forward, entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.
20 When the men of Ai turned and looked back, the smoke of the city was rising into the sky. They could not escape in any direction, and the troops who had fled to the wilderness now became the pursuers.
21 When Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that smoke was rising from it, they turned around and struck down the men of Ai.
22 Meanwhile, those in the ambush came out of the city against them, and the men of Ai were trapped between the Israelite forces on both sides. So Israel struck them down until no survivor or fugitive remained.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 19:28He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw the smoke rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.
Isaiah 34:10It will not be quenched—day or night. Its smoke will ascend forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever again pass through it.
Revelation 18:9Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her.
Revelation 19:3And a second time they called out: “Hallelujah! Her smoke rises forever and ever.”
Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”
Psalms 48:5They saw and were astounded; they fled in terror.
Psalms 48:6Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.
Psalms 76:5The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand.
Amos 2:14Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.
Amos 2:15The archer will not stand his ground, the fleet of foot will not escape, and the horseman will not save his life.
Amos 2:16Even the bravest of mighty men will flee naked on that day,” declares the LORD.
Revelation 6:15Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
Revelation 6:16And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.
Revelation 6:17For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”