9. And Joshua sent them forth; and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west of Ai. And Joshua lodged that night among the people.
10. And Joshua rose early in the morning, and inspected the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
11. And all the people of war that were with him went up, and drew near, and came before the city; and they encamped on the north of Ai; and the valley was between them and Ai.
12. Now he had taken about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west of the city.
13. And when they had set the people, the whole camp on the north of the city, and their ambush on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.
14. And it came to pass when the king of Ai saw it, that the men of the city hasted and rose early, and went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the appointed place before the plain. But he knew not that there was an ambush against him behind the city.
15. And Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten before them; and they fled by the way of the wilderness.
16. And all the people that were in the city were called together to pursue after them; and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
17. And not a man remained in Ai and Bethel that went not out after Israel; and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.