Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.
Five thousand
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Bible References
Five thousand
Joshua 8:2
and thou hast done to Ai and to her king as thou hast done to Jericho and to her king; only, its spoil and its cattle ye spoil for yourselves; set for thee an ambush for the city at its rear.'
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Judges 9:25
And the masters of Shechem set for him ambushes on the top of the hills, and rob every one who passeth over by them in the way, and it is declared to Abimelech.