Joshua 8:20
Joshua · Old Testament · Chapter 8
“And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.”Joshua 8:20
What Does Joshua 8:20 Mean?
Joshua 8:20 is found in the book of Joshua, chapter 8, verse 20 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 18 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (18)
These passages are connected to Joshua 8:20 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Judges 20:40“But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven.”1 Thessalonians 5:3“For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.”2 Chronicles 13:14“And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.”Genesis 19:28“And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.”Judges 20:38“Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.”Judges 20:43“Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.”1 Samuel 13:6“When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.”2 Kings 3:24“And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward smiting the Moabites, even in their country.”Job 11:20“But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.”Psalms 48:5“They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.”Psalms 76:5“The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.”Isaiah 34:10“It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.”Daniel 8:7“And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.”Amos 2:14“Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:”Revelation 6:15“And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;”Revelation 18:9“And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,”Revelation 19:3“And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.”Joel 2:30“And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.”
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