Joshua 8:26

Truly Joshua did not draw back his hand, which he had stretched out on high, keeping hold of the shield until all the inhabitants of Ai were put to death.

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In The King James Version

For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

In Context

25Now there were twelve thousand persons who had fallen on the same day, from man even to woman, the entire city of Ai.

27Then the sons of Israel divided among themselves the cattle and the plunder of the city, just as the Lord had instructed Joshua.

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Cross References

Exodus 17:11And when Moses lifted up his hands, Israel prevailed. But when he released them a little while, Amalek overcame.

Exodus 17:13And Joshua put to flight Amalek and his people by the edge of the sword.

Joshua 8:18the Lord said to Joshua: “Lift up the shield that is in your hand, toward the city of Ai. For I will deliver it to you.”

Matthew Henry on Joshua 8:24-30

23 And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua. 24 And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword. 25 And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai. 26 For Joshua drew not… Read the whole commentary →

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