Jos 8:20-21, Judg 20:40 | ESV | STEP | So when the men of Ai looked back , behold , the smoke of the city went up to heaven , and they had no power to flee this way or that, for the people who fled to the wilderness turned back against the pursuers .

Joshua 8:20-21

20 So when the men of Ai looked back, behold, the smoke of the city went up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that, for the people who fled to the wilderness turned back against the pursuers. 21 And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had captured the city, and that the smoke of the city went up, then they turned back and struck down the men of Ai.

Judges 20:40

40 But when the signal began to rise out of the city in a column of smoke, the Benjaminites looked behind them, and behold, ^athe whole of the city went up in smoke to heaven.