Joshua 8:21-22
Context8:21 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
Context10:10 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.
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
5 tn Heb “struck them down with a great striking down.”
6 tn Or “ascent.”