² Treat Ai and its king as you did Jericho and its king,^(A) except that you may plunder its spoil and livestock for yourselves.^(B) Set an ambush behind the city.’^(C)

⁵ Saul came to the city of Amalek and set up an ambush in the wadi.

²² The moment they began their shouts and praises, the Lord set an ambush^(A) against the Ammonites, Moabites, and the inhabitants of Mount Seir who came to fight against Judah, and they were defeated.

Arrival in Jerusalem

³¹ We set out from the River Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month to go to Jerusalem. We were strengthened by our God,^[a](A) and he kept us from the grasp of the enemy and from ambush along the way.^(B)