## let themselves be defeated before them ##

AT: "acted as if the men of Ai were defeating them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

## All the people who were in the city were called together ##

"The city leaders called all the people in the city together" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

## All the people who were in the city ##

"All the soldiers" (see UDB)

## They abandoned the city ##

"They left the city completely without protection" or "After they left, there was no one in the city to protect it"