Joshua 7:2
And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, Go up and spy out the land. And the men went up and spied out Ai.
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Genesis 28:19And he called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at first.
Joshua 12:9the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;
1 Samuel 13:5And the Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel: thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea-shore in multitude. And they came up, and encamped in Michmash,
1 Kings 12:29And he set the one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.
Proverbs 20:18Every purpose is established by counsel, and by wise guidance make thou war.
Isaiah 10:28He has come to Aiath. He has passed through Migron. At Michmash he lays up his baggage.
Matthew Henry on Joshua 7:2-6
The Sin of Achan. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel. 2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai. 3 And they returned to Joshua, and… Read the whole commentary →