Joshua 8:23

But the king of Ai they made prisoner, and took him to Joshua.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.

In Context

22Then the other force came out of the town against them, so that they were being attacked on this side and on that: and Israel overcame them and let not one of them get away with his life.

24Then, after the destruction of all the people of Ai in the field and in the waste land where they went after them, and when all the people had been put to death without mercy, all Israel went back to Ai, and put to death all who were in it without mercy.

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Cross References

Joshua 10:17And word was given to Joshua that the five kings had been taken in a hole in the rock at Makkedah.

1 Samuel 15:8He took Agag, king of the Amalekites, prisoner, and put all the people to the sword without mercy.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 8:4-23

3 So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night. 4 And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready: 5 And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them, 6 (For they will come out… Read the whole commentary →

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