If Ai was a fort established to defend Bethel, it was probably staffed with soldiers from Bethel so that the two armies were parts of one and the same military force.1
If Ai was a fort established to defend Bethel, it was probably staffed with soldiers from Bethel so that the two armies were parts of one and the same military force.1
17 Not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel. They left the city open and pursued Israel.