And he stood and cried to the army of Israel, and said to them, Why have you come forth to set yourselves in battle array against us? Am I not a Philistine, and you Hebrews of Saul? Choose for yourselves a man, and let him come down to me.

[This translation omits this verse.]

And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six men, and they pursued them from the gate, and destroyed them from the steep hill; and the heart of the people was alarmed and became as water.

And Joshua said, I pray, O Lord, why has Your servant brought this people over the Jordan to deliver them to the Amorite to destroy us? If only we would had remained, and settled ourselves beyond the Jordan!

But now You have cast off, and put us to shame; and You will not go forth with our hosts.

You have turned us back before our enemies; and they that hated us spoiled for themselves.

For they have devoured Jacob, and laid his place waste.

Remember not our old transgressions; let Your tender mercies come speedily to meet us; for we are greatly impoverished.

So the Lord was very angry with His people, and He abhorred His inheritance.

And He delivered them into the hands of [their] enemies; and they that hated them ruled over them.

NUN. Our way has been searched out and examined, and we will turn to the Lord.