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Text -- Joshua 7:4 (NET)

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7:4 So about three thousand men went up, but they fled from the men of Ai.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Ai a town of Canaanites in Benjamin


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Merom | Joshua | Israel | God | Canaan | Armies | Ai | Achan | more
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Wesley: Jos 7:4 - -- Not having courage to strike a stroke, which was a plain evidence that God had forsaken then; and an useful instruction, to shew them what they were w...

Not having courage to strike a stroke, which was a plain evidence that God had forsaken then; and an useful instruction, to shew them what they were when God left them: and that it was God, not their own valour, that gave the Canaanites into their hands.

JFB: Jos 7:4-5 - -- An unexpected resistance, and the loss of thirty-six of their number diffused a panic, which ended in an ignominious rout.

An unexpected resistance, and the loss of thirty-six of their number diffused a panic, which ended in an ignominious rout.

Clarke: Jos 7:4 - -- About three thousand men - The spies sent to reconnoitre the place (Jos 7:3) reported that the town was meanly garrisoned, and that two or three tho...

About three thousand men - The spies sent to reconnoitre the place (Jos 7:3) reported that the town was meanly garrisoned, and that two or three thousand men would be sufficient to take it. These were accordingly sent up, and were repulsed by the Amorites.

TSK: Jos 7:4 - -- fled : Lev 26:17; Deu 28:25, Deu 32:30; Isa 30:17, Isa 59:2

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Poole: Jos 7:4 - -- Not having their usual courage to strike a stroke, which was a plain evidence that God had forsaken them; and a useful instruction, to show them wha...

Not having their usual courage to strike a stroke, which was a plain evidence that God had forsaken them; and a useful instruction, to show them what weak and inconsiderable creatures they were when God left them; and that it was God, not their own valour, that gave the Canaanites and their land into their hands.

Gill: Jos 7:4 - -- So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men,.... Joshua detached from the army the largest number proposed, that there might be st...

So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men,.... Joshua detached from the army the largest number proposed, that there might be strength enough to take the place; and those he sent under proper officers to Ai, who went up to the very gate of the city, as appears from Jos 7:5,

and they fled before the men of Ai; for upon their appearing at the gate of their city, they came out with all their forces against them, and as soon as they did, the children of Israel durst not face them, but without engaging with them fled at once: God having forsaken them, their courage failed, the dread of their enemies falling on them.

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TSK Synopsis: Jos 7:1-26 - --1 The Israelites are smitten at Ai.6 Joshua's complaint.10 God instructs him what to do.16 Achan is taken by the lot.19 His confession.24 He and all h...

Maclaren: Jos 7:1-12 - --Joshua 7:1-12 This passage naturally parts itself into, 1. The hidden sin (Joshua 5:1); 2. The repulse by which it is punished (Joshua 5:2-5); 3. Th...

MHCC: Jos 7:1-5 - --Achan took some of the spoil of Jericho. The love of the world is that root of bitterness, which of all others is most hardly rooted up. We should tak...

Matthew Henry: Jos 7:1-5 - -- The story of this chapter begins with a but. The Lord was with Joshua, and his fame was noised through all that country, so the foregoing chapter ...

Keil-Delitzsch: Jos 7:2-5 - -- The anger of God, which Achan had brought upon Israel, was manifested to the congregation in connection with their attempt to take Ai . This town w...

Constable: Jos 5:13--13:1 - --C. Possession of the land 5:13-12:24 Before Israel entered the land of Canaan, God had been preparing fo...

Constable: Jos 7:1-26 - --2. Defeat at Ai ch. 7 At Jericho, Israel learned God's strength. At Ai, she learned her own weakness. She could only conquer her enemies as she remain...

Guzik: Jos 7:1-26 - --Joshua 7 - Defeat at Ai and Achan's Sin A. Defeat at Ai. 1. (1) Not all of Israel obeyed the law of the devoted things. But the children of Israel...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Joshua (Book Introduction) JOSHUA. The title of this book is derived from the pious and valiant leader whose achievements it relates and who is commonly supposed to have been it...

JFB: Joshua (Outline) THE LORD APPOINTS JOSHUA TO SUCCEED MOSES. (Jos. 1:1-18) RAHAB RECEIVES AND CONCEALS THE TWO SPIES. (Jos 2:1-7) THE COVENANT BETWEEN HER AND THEM. (J...

TSK: Joshua (Book Introduction) The Book of Joshua is one of the most important documents in the Old Testament. The rapid conquest of the Promised Land, and the actual settlement of...

TSK: Joshua 7 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Jos 7:1, The Israelites are smitten at Ai; Jos 7:6, Joshua’s complaint; Jos 7:10, God instructs him what to do; Jos 7:16, Achan is take...

Poole: Joshua (Book Introduction) BOOK OF JOSHUA THE ARGUMENT IT is not material to know who was the penman of this book, whether Joshua, as seems most probable from Jos 24:26 , o...

Poole: Joshua 7 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 7 Achan takes of the accursed and devoted thing: God is angry with Israel, Jos 7:1 . Joshua sends three thousand men against Ai; they flee,...

MHCC: Joshua (Book Introduction) Here is the history of Israel's passing into the land of Canaan, conquering and dividing it, under the command of Joshua, and their history until his ...

MHCC: Joshua 7 (Chapter Introduction) (Jos 7:1-5) The Israelites smitten at Ai. (Jos 7:6-9) Joshua's humiliation and prayer. (Jos 7:10-15) God instructs Joshua what to do. (Jos 7:16-26)...

Matthew Henry: Joshua (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Book of Joshua I. We have now before us the history of the Jewish nation in this book and those tha...

Matthew Henry: Joshua 7 (Chapter Introduction) More than once we have found the affairs of Israel, even when they were in the happiest posture and gave the most hopeful prospects, perplexed and ...

Constable: Joshua (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The name of this book in Hebrew, Greek, and English comes from the ...

Constable: Joshua (Outline) Outline I. The conquest of the land chs. 1-12 A. Preparations for entering Canaan chs. 1-2 ...

Constable: Joshua Joshua Bibliography Aharoni, Yohanan. "The Province-List of Judah." Vetus Testamentum 9 (1959):225-46. ...

Haydock: Joshua (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION. THE BOOK OF JOSUE. This book is called Josue , because it contains the history of what passed under him, and, according to the comm...

Gill: Joshua (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA The Jews distinguish the prophets into former and latter; the first of the former prophets is Joshua, or Sepher Joshua, the ...

Gill: Joshua 7 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 7 For the trespass of Achan the children of Israel were smitten and put to flight by the men of Ai, Jos 7:1; which gave him ...

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