Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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
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Bible References
Lie in wait
Joshua 8:16
And all the people that were in the city were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
Judges 9:25
And the men of Shechem set liers-in-wait for him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech.
Judges 20:29
And Israel set liers-in-wait against Gibeah round about.
1 Samuel 15:2
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I have marked that which Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him in the way, when he came up out of Egypt.
Acts 23:21
Do not thou therefore yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who have bound themselves under a curse, neither to eat nor to drink till they have slain him: and now are they ready, looking for the promise from thee.
Go not
Ecclesiastes 7:19
Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers that are in a city.
Ecclesiastes 9:16
Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
General references
Joshua 8:11
And all the people, even the men of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and encamped on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between him and Ai.
Judges 9:25
And the men of Shechem set liers-in-wait for him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech.