Joshua 8:4

He commanded them: “Pay attention. Lie in ambush behind the city, not too far from it, and all of you be ready.

Judges 20:29

So Israel set up an ambush around Gibeah.

Joshua 8:16

Then all the troops of Ai were summoned to pursue them, and they pursued Joshua and were drawn away from the city.

Judges 9:25

The lords of Shechem rebelled against him by putting people on the tops of the mountains to ambush and rob everyone who passed by them on the road. So this was reported to Abimelech.

Judges 20:33

So all the men of Israel got up from their places and took their battle positions at Baal-tamar, while the Israelites in ambush charged out of their places west of Geba.

Judges 20:36

Then the Benjaminites realized they had been defeated.

The men of Israel had retreated before Benjamin, because they were confident in the ambush they had set against Gibeah.

1 Samuel 15:2

This is what the Lord of Hosts says: ‘I witnessed what the Amalekites did to the Israelites when they opposed them along the way as they were coming out of Egypt.

1 Samuel 15:5

Saul came to the city of Amalek and set up an ambush in the wadi.

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom makes the wise man stronger
than ten rulers of a city.

Ecclesiastes 9:16

And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”

Don’t let them persuade you, because there are more than 40 of them arranging to ambush him, men who have bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they kill him. Now they are ready, waiting for a commitment from you.”

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Joshua 8:4

And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:

Lie in wait

Acts 23:21

Go not

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Ecclesiastes 9:16

General references

Joshua 8:11

Judges 9:25

Bible References

Lie in wait

Then all the troops of Ai were summoned to pursue them, and they pursued Joshua and were drawn away from the city.

The lords of Shechem rebelled against him by putting people on the tops of the mountains to ambush and rob everyone who passed by them on the road. So this was reported to Abimelech.

So Israel set up an ambush around Gibeah.

This is what the Lord of Hosts says: ‘I witnessed what the Amalekites did to the Israelites when they opposed them along the way as they were coming out of Egypt.

Go not

Wisdom makes the wise man stronger
than ten rulers of a city.

And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”

General references

All those who were with him went up and approached the city, arriving opposite Ai, and camped to the north of it, with a valley between them and the city.

The lords of Shechem rebelled against him by putting people on the tops of the mountains to ambush and rob everyone who passed by them on the road. So this was reported to Abimelech.