Joshua 8
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Joshua 8:20-24

20When the menH582 of AiH5857 turnedH6437 and lookedH7200H2009 backH310, the smokeH6227 of the cityH5892 was risingH5927 into the skyH8064. They could notH3808H1961H3027 escapeH5127 in any directionH2008, and the troopsH5971 who had fledH5127 to the wildernessH4057 now turnedH2015 againstH413 their pursuersH7291. 21When JoshuaH3091 and allH3605 IsraelH3478 sawH7200 thatH3588 the men in ambushH693 had capturedH3920 the cityH5892 and thatH3588 smokeH6227 was rising fromH5927 it, they turned aroundH7725 and struck downH5221 the menH582 of AiH5857. 22Meanwhile, those in the ambushH428 came outH3318 ofH4480 the cityH5892 against themH7122, and the men of Ai wereH1961 trapped betweenH8432 the IsraeliteH3478 forcesH428 onH2088 both sidesH428H2088. So Israel struck them downH5221 untilH5704 noH1115 survivorH8300 or fugitiveH6412 remainedH7604. 23ButH853 they tookH8610 the kingH4428 of AiH5857 aliveH2416 and broughtH7126 himH853 toH413 JoshuaH3091.

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When IsraelH3478 had finishedH3615 killingH2026 allH3605 the menH3427 of AiH5857 who had pursuedH7291 them into the fieldH7704 and wildernessH4057, and when everyH3605 last one of them had fallenH5307 by the swordH6310H2719H5704H8552, allH3605 the IsraelitesH3478 returnedH7725 to AiH5857 and putH5221 itH853 to the swordH6310H2719 as well.

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