When the men of Ai turned and looked back, the smoke of the city was rising into the sky. They could not escape in any direction, and the troops who had fled to the wilderness now became the pursuers. Cross References Joshua 8:19 and as soon as he did so, the men in ambush rose quickly from their position. They rushed forward, entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire. Joshua 8:21 When Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that smoke was rising from it, they turned around and struck down the men of Ai. Judges 20:38 The men of Israel had arranged a signal with the men in ambush: When they sent up a great cloud of smoke from the city, Judges 20:40 But when the column of smoke began to go up from the city, the Benjamites looked behind them and saw the whole city going up in smoke. Treasury of Scripture And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back on the pursuers. the smoke Genesis 19:28 Isaiah 34:10 Revelation 18:9 and they had Job 11:20 Psalm 48:5,6 Psalm 76:5 power [heb] hand |
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