¹⁴ And it was, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hastened and got·​·up·​·early, and the men^◦ of the city went out to meet Israel for battle, he^◦ and all his people, at the time·​·appointed, facing the desert; but he^◦ knew not that there was an ambush·​·set against him from behind the city.

³¹ And the sons of Benjamin went·​·out to meet the people, and were pulled·​·away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and they were·​·slain as at other times in the highways, of which one goes·​·up to Bethel and one to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men^◦ in Israel.