Joshua 8:23

8:23 But they captured the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.

Joshua 9:3

9:3 When the residents of Gibeon heard what Joshua did to Jericho ¹  and Ai,

Joshua 12:9

12:9 the king of Jericho ²  (one),

the king of Ai – located near Bethel – (one),

Joshua 8:9

8:9 Joshua sent them away and they went to their hiding place ³  west of Ai, between Bethel ⁴  and Ai. ⁵  Joshua spent that night with the army. ⁶ 

Joshua 8:12

8:12 He took five thousand men and set an ambush west of the city between Bethel ⁷  and Ai.

Joshua 7:2

7:2 Joshua sent men from Jericho ⁸  to Ai (which is located near Beth Aven, east of Bethel ⁹ ) and instructed them, “Go up and spy on the land.” So the men went up and spied on Ai.

Joshua 7:4

7:4 So about three thousand men went up, but they fled from the men of Ai.

Joshua 8:10

8:10 Bright and early the next morning Joshua gathered ¹⁰  the army, ¹¹  and he and the leaders ¹²  of Israel marched ¹³  at the head of it ¹⁴  to Ai.

Joshua 8:25-26

8:25 Twelve thousand men and women died ¹⁵  that day, including all the men of Ai. 8:26 Joshua kept holding out his curved sword until Israel had annihilated all who lived in Ai. ¹⁶ 

Joshua 8:28

8:28 Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanently uninhabited mound (it remains that way to this very day). ¹⁷ 

Joshua 8:11

8:11 All the troops that were with him marched up and drew near the city. ¹⁸  They camped north of Ai on the other side of the valley. ¹⁹ 

Joshua 8:1

Israel Conquers Ai

8:1 The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! ²⁰  Take the whole army with you and march against Ai! ²¹  See, I am handing over to you ²²  the king of Ai, along with his people, city, and land.

Joshua 8:3

8:3 Joshua and the whole army marched against Ai. ²³  Joshua selected thirty thousand brave warriors and sent them out at night.

Joshua 8:17

8:17 No men were left in Ai or Bethel; ²⁴  they all went out after Israel. ²⁵  They left the city wide open and chased Israel.

Joshua 8:24

8:24 When Israel had finished killing all the men ²⁶  of Ai who had chased them toward the desert ²⁷  (they all fell by the sword), ²⁸  all Israel returned to Ai and put the sword to it.

Joshua 10:1

Israel Defeats an Amorite Coalition

10:1 Adoni-Zedek, king of Jerusalem, ²⁹  heard how Joshua captured Ai and annihilated it and its king as he did Jericho ³⁰  and its king. ³¹  He also heard how ³²  the people of Gibeon made peace with Israel and lived among them.

[9:3]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[12:9]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[8:9]  ¹ tn Or “the place of ambush.”

[8:9]  ² map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[8:9]  ³ tn Heb “and they stayed between Bethel and Ai, west of Ai.”

[8:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “in the midst of the people.”

[8:12]  ¹ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[7:2]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[7:2]  ² map For the location of Bethel see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[8:10]  ¹ tn Or “summoned, mustered.”

[8:10]  ² tn Heb “the people.”

[8:10]  ³ tn Or “elders.”

[8:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “went up.”

[8:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “them” (referring to “the people” in the previous clause, which requires a plural pronoun). Since the translation used “army” in the previous clause, a singular pronoun (“it”) is required in English.

[8:25]  ¹ tn Heb “fell.”

[8:26]  ¹ tn Heb “Joshua did not draw back his hand which held out the curved sword until he had annihilated all the residents of Ai.”

[8:28]  ¹ tn Heb “and made it a permanent mound, a desolation, to this day.”

[8:11]  ¹ tn Heb “All the people of war who were with him went up and approached and came opposite the city.”

[8:11]  ² tn Heb “and the valley [was] between them and Ai.”

[8:1]  ¹ tn Or perhaps “and don’t get discouraged!”

[8:1]  ² tn Heb “Take with you all the people of war and arise, go up against Ai!”

[8:1]  ³ tn Heb “I have given into our hand.” The verbal form, a perfect, is probably best understood as a perfect of certitude, indicating the certainty of the action.

[8:3]  ¹ tn “And Joshua and all the people of war arose to go up [against] Ai.”

[8:17]  ¹ tc The LXX omits the words “or Bethel.”

[8:17]  ² tn Heb “who did not go out after Israel.”

[8:24]  ¹ tn Heb “residents.”

[8:24]  ² tn Heb “in the field, in the desert in which they chased them.”

[8:24]  ³ tc Heb “and all of them fell by the edge of the sword until they were destroyed.” The LXX omits the words, “and all of them fell by the edge of the sword.” They may represent a later scribal addition.

[10:1]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[10:1]  ² map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[10:1]  ³ tn Heb “as he had done to Jericho and to its king, so he did to Ai and to its king.”

[10:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “and how.”