Joshua 8:19-21

Expanded Bible

¹⁹ When the Israelites who were in ambush saw this, they quickly came out of their hiding place and hurried toward the city. They entered the city, ·took control of [captured] it, and quickly set it on fire.

²⁰ When the men of Ai looked back, ·they saw [^Llook; ^Tbehold] smoke rising [^Linto the sky] from their city. At the same time the Israelites stopped running and turned against ·the men of Ai [^Ltheir pursuers], who could not escape in any direction. ²¹ When Joshua and all ·his men [^LIsrael] saw that the ·army [men in ambush] had taken control of the city and saw the smoke rising from it, they stopped running and turned to ·fight [strike down] the men of Ai.