Treasury of Scripture Knowledge But all the rest of the army went in battle array on the north side, so that the last of that multitude reached to the west side of the city. So Joshua went that night, and stood in the midst of the valley. liers in wait. Joshua 8:8,12 And when you shall have taken it, set it on fire, and you shall do all things so as I have commanded. . . . Context The Conquest of Ai…12And he had chosen five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Hai, on the west side of the same city: 13But all the rest of the army went in battle array on the north side, so that the last of that multitude reached to the west side of the city. So Joshua went that night, and stood in the midst of the valley.14And when the king of Hai saw this, he made haste in the morning, and went out with all the army of the city, and set it in battle array, toward the desert, not knowing that there lay an ambush behind his back.… Cross References Joshua 8:12 And he had chosen five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Hai, on the west side of the same city: Joshua 8:14 And when the king of Hai saw this, he made haste in the morning, and went out with all the army of the city, and set it in battle array, toward the desert, not knowing that there lay an ambush behind his back. Lexicon So the forcesהָעָ֜ם (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock were stationed וַיָּשִׂ֨ימוּ (way·yā·śî·mū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7760: Put -- to put, place, set with the main כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every camp הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֗ה (ham·ma·ḥă·neh) Article | Noun - common singular Strong's Hebrew 4264: An encampment, an army to the north מִצְּפ֣וֹן (miṣ·ṣə·p̄ō·wn) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 6828: Hidden, dark, the north as a, quarter of the city לָעִ֔יר (lā·‘îr) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement and the rear guard עֲקֵב֖וֹ (‘ă·qê·ḇōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6119: Heel, footprint, hind part to the west מִיָּ֣ם (mî·yām) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin of the city. לָעִ֑יר (lā·‘îr) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement And that הַה֖וּא (ha·hū) Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are night בַּלַּ֥יְלָה (bal·lay·lāh) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3915: A twist, night, adversity Joshua יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ (yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3091: Joshua -- 'the LORD is salvation', Moses' successor, also the name of a number of Israelites went וַיֵּ֧לֶךְ (way·yê·leḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk into בְּת֥וֹךְ (bə·ṯō·wḵ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 8432: A bisection, the centre the valley. הָעֵֽמֶק׃ (hā·‘ê·meq) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6010: A vale Additional Translations So the forces were stationed with the main camp to the north of the city and the rear guard to the west of the city. And that night Joshua went into the valley.And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the middle of the valley. So they set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers-in-wait that were on the west of the city; and Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley. 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. So they set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers in wait that were on the west of the city; and Joshua went that night into the midst of the vale. And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley. So they set the people, even all the army who was on the north of the city, and their ambush on the west of the city; and Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley. and they set the people, all the camp which is on the north of the city, and its rear on the west of the city, and Joshua goeth on that night into the midst of the valley. 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