Joshua 8:1
And Jehovah said to Joshua, Fear not, neither be dismayed. Take with thee all the people of war, and arise, go up to Ai. See, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land.
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Deuteronomy 7:18fear them not; remember well what Jehovah thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all the Egyptians;
Deuteronomy 31:8And Jehovah, he it is that goeth before thee: he will be with thee; he will not leave thee, nor forsake thee; fear not, neither be dismayed.
Joshua 2:24And they said to Joshua, Of a surety Jehovah has given the whole land into our hands, and even all the inhabitants of the land faint because of us.
Joshua 7:6And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of Jehovah until the evening, he and the elders of Israel, and threw dust upon their heads.
Joshua 10:7So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he and all the people of war with him, even all the valiant men.
Psalms 44:3For not by their own sword did they take possession of the land, neither did their own arm save them; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst delight in them.
Matthew Henry on Joshua 8:1
The embarrassment which Achan's sin gave to the affairs of Israel being over, we have them here in a very good posture again, the affairs both of war and religion. Here is, I. The glorious progress of their arms in the taking of Ai, before which they had lately suffered disgrace. 1. God encourages Joshua to attack it, with the assurance of success, and directs him what method to take, ver. 1, 2 . 2. Joshua gives orders accordingly to the men of war, ver. 3-8 . 3. The stratagem is managed as it was projected, and… Read the whole commentary →