Joshua 8:14-16

Revised Geneva Translation

¹⁴ And when the king of Ai saw it, then the men of the city hurried and rose up early and went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the time appointed, in front of the plain. For he did not know that anyone lay in wait against him on the back side of the city.

¹⁵ Then Joshua and all Israel, as if beaten before them, fled by the way of the wilderness.

¹⁶ And all the people of the city were called together to pursue after them. And they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away out of the city,