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 the time appointed, before the Arabah; but he knew not that there was an ambush against him behind the city.
and whanne þe kyng of Hai had seyn þat, he hastide eerli, and yede out with al þe oost of þe citee, and he dresside scheltrun ayens þe deseert; and wiste not þat buyschementis weren hid bihinde þe bak.