... > Bible > Old Testament > Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua: from the bondage of the Israelites in Egypt to their settlement in Canaan > the book of Joshua (Josue) > the conquest of Canaan by the Israelites under Joshua's leadership (part I) > the city of Ai taken by stratagem (Joshua 8:1-29) > when the king of Ai comes out to fight the Israelites, they retreat and pretend to flee from the enemy > as Joshua points his spear at Ai, the men who were lying in ambush storm the city, capture it and set it on fire; Joshua and his men turn round and kill the men of Ai