2 And you shall do to Ai and its king ^ras you did to Jericho and its king. Only its spoil and its livestock you shall take as plunder for yourselves. Lay an ^sambush against the city, behind it.”

32 Now therefore, go by night, you and the people who are with you, and set an ^sambush in the field.

13 Jeroboam had sent an ambush around to come upon them from behind. Thus his troops¹ were in front of Judah, and the ambush was behind them.