Yosua 7:25

7:25 Joshua said, “Why have you brought disaster ¹  on us? The Lord will bring disaster on you today!” All Israel stoned him to death. (They also stoned and burned the others.) ² 

Yosua 7:2

7:2 Joshua sent men from Jericho ³  to Ai (which is located near Beth Aven, east of Bethel ⁴ ) and instructed them, “Go up and spy on the land.” So the men went up and spied on Ai.

1 Samuel 24:3

24:3 He came to the sheepfolds by the road, where there was a cave. Saul went into it to relieve himself. ⁵ 

Now David and his men were sitting in the recesses of the cave.

¹ tn Or “trouble.” The word is “achor” in Hebrew (also in the following clause).

² tc Heb “and they burned them with fire and they stoned them with stones.” These words are somewhat parenthetical in nature and are omitted in the LXX; they may represent a later scribal addition.

³ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

⁴ map For the location of Bethel see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

⁵ tn Heb “to cover his feet,” an idiom (euphemism) for relieving oneself (cf. NAB “to ease nature”).