Joshua 8:23
in Joshua 8But they took the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.
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ASV
And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
KJV
And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
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This verse in Joshua 8
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
they took the king of Ai alive
on Joshua 8:23-25
Twelve thousand is the whole population, men and women counted together, so the spies at 7:3 were right that the town was small. Clarke reads verse 24 of those left inside, the women and children and old men, since the fighting strength had gone out after Israel.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
It was a federal transaction: the covenant was now renewed between God and Israel upon their taking possession of the land of promise, that they might be encouraged in the conquest of it, and might know upon what terms they held it, and come under fresh obligations to obedience. In token of the covenant, I. They built an altar, and offered sacrifice to God (
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And the king of Ai they took alive,.... They spared him, and reserved him for a more shameful death: and brought him to Joshua; their general; delivering him into his hands as his prisoner, to do will, him as seemed good in his sight.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מֶ֥לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| הָעַ֖י | haai | <the> Ai | H5857 → | 40 times |
| תָּ֣פְשׂוּ | tafesu | they captured | H8610 → | |
| חָ֑י | chai | alive | H2416 → | 498 times |
| וַיַּקְרִ֥בוּ | vaiyakrivu | and they brought near | H7126 → | 280 times |
| אֹת֖וֹ | ʾoto | <obj.> him | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יְהוֹשֻֽׁעַ׃ | yehoshua' | Joshua | H3091 → | 218 times |
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
הָעַ֖י<the> Ai
haaiH5857 →40 times
תָּ֣פְשׂוּthey captured
tafesuH8610 →
חָ֑יalive
chaiH2416 →498 times
וַיַּקְרִ֥בוּand they brought near
vaiyakrivuH7126 →280 times
אֹת֖וֹ<obj.> him
ʾotoH853 →10935 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
יְהוֹשֻֽׁעַ׃Joshua
yehoshua'H3091 →218 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Revelation 19:20But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and…
it leads to
- Revelation 20:10
And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day…
- Revelation 21:8
But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This…
- Daniel 7:7–14
After this, as I watched in my vision in the night, suddenly a fourth beast appeared, and it was terrifying—dreadful and extremely strong—with large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed; then it trampled underfoot…
- 2 Thessalonians 2:8–11
And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.
- Revelation 20:14–15
Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.
- Revelation 20:10
Through
1 Samuel 15:8He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword.
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 30:1
On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.
- Numbers 24:7
Water will flow from his buckets, and his seed will have abundant water. His king will be greater than Agag, and his kingdom will be exalted.
- Esther 3:1
After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him.
- 1 Samuel 30:1
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.