Joshua 8:21-22

8:21 When Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that the city was going up in smoke, ¹  they turned around and struck down the men of Ai. 8:22 At the same time the men who had taken the city came out to fight, and the men of Ai were trapped in the middle. ²  The Israelites struck them down, leaving no survivors or refugees.

Joshua 10:10

10:10 The Lord routed ³  them before Israel. Israel ⁴  thoroughly defeated them ⁵  at Gibeon. They chased them up the road to the pass ⁶  of Beth Horon and struck them down all the way to Azekah and Makkedah.

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¹ tn Heb “and that the smoke of the city ascended.”

² tn Heb “and these went out from the city to meet them and they were for Israel in the middle, some on this side, and others on the other side.”

³ tn Or “caused to panic.”

⁴ tn Heb “he.” The referent is probably Israel (mentioned at the end of the previous sentence in the verse; cf. NIV, NRSV), but it is also possible that the Lord should be understood as the referent (cf. NASB “and He slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon”), or even Joshua (cf. NEB “and Joshua defeated them utterly in Gibeon”).

⁵ tn Heb “struck them down with a great striking down.”

⁶ tn Or “ascent.”