King James Version, Updated™

KJV:   1 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed : take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai : see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land :

KJVu: 1 The LORD said to Joshua, "Do not fear, neither be dismayed ; take all the people of war with you, and arise, go up to Ai ; see, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land .

KJV:   2 And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king : only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.

KJVu: 2 And you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king ; only the spoil of it, and the cattle of it, shall YOU take as plunder for yourselves ; you lay in ambush for the city behind it. "

KJV:   3 So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai : and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night.

KJVu: 3 So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai ; and Joshua chose 30,000 mighty men of valor, and sent them away by night.

KJV:   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 :

KJVu: 4 And he commanded them, saying, "Behold, YOU shall lie in ambush against the city , behind the city ; do not go very far from the city, but all of YOU be ready ;

Notes: "Wait" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H963 with a Strong’s definition of "(lie in) ambush(-ment), lay (lie in) wait ."

KJV:   5 And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city : and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them ,

KJVu: 5 I, and all the people who are with me, will approach the city ; and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as the first time, that we will flee before them .

KJV:   6 (For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the city ; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first : therefore we will flee before them.

KJVu: 6 (For they will come out after us) until we have drawn them away from the city , for they will say, 'They flee from us, as the first time,' therefore we will flee before them.

KJV:   7 Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city : for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.

KJVu: 7 Then YOU shall rise up from the ambush, and seize the city , for the LORD YOUR God will deliver it into YOUR hand.

KJV:   8 And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire : according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.

KJVu: 8 And it shall be, when YOU have taken the city, that YOU shall set the city on fire ; according to the commandment of the LORD YOU shall do. See, I have commanded YOU."

KJV:   9 Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai : but Joshua lodged that night among the people.

KJVu: 9 Joshua therefore sent them out, and they went to lie in ambush, and stayed between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai ; but Joshua lodged that night among the people.

Notes: "Forth" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H7971 with a Strong’s definition of "any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, X earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out) ."

KJV:   10 And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.

KJVu: 10 Joshua rose up early in the morning, and counted the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.

KJV:   11 And all the people , even the people of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai : now there was a valley between them and Ai.

KJVu: 11 And all the people of war that were with him, went up, and drew near, and came before the city, and camped on the north side of Ai ; now there was a valley between them and Ai.

KJV:   12 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.

KJVu: 12 Then he took about 5,000 men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.

KJV:   13 And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.

KJVu: 13 And when they had set the people, all the army that was on the north of the city, and the rear of the army on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.

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KJV:   14 And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.

KJVu: 14 It came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hurried and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at an appointed time, before the plain; but he did not know that there were those lying in ambush against him behind the city.

KJV:   15 And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

KJVu: 15 Joshua and all Israel acted as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

KJV:   16 And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them : and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.

KJVu: 16 Then all the people who were in Ai were called together to pursue after them ; and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.

KJV:   17 And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out after Israel : and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.

KJVu: 17 So there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, who did not go out after Israel ; and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.

KJV:   18 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.

KJVu: 18 And the LORD said to Joshua, "Stretch out the spear that is in your hand toward Ai; for I will give it into your hand. " So Joshua stretched out the spear that was in his hand toward the city.