Holy Scripture
Joshua 8:12
A church father on this verse
“At first, we were overcome because of sins, and those who were living in Ai destroyed very many of us. Ai means chaos. But we know chaos to be the place or habitation of opposing powers, of which the devil is the king and chief. Against him, as Jesus [Joshua] comes, he divides the people into two parts; he stations so…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
12And the ambuscade was on the west side of the city.
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10And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people; and he went up, he and the elders before the people to Ai.
11And all the men of war went up with him, and they went forward and came over against the city eastward.
— Joshua 8:12 —
14And it came to pass when the king of Ai saw it, he hastened and went out to meet them direct to the battle, he and all the people that were with him: and he knew not that there was an ambuscade formed against him behind the city.