Joshua 8:26

But Josue drew not back his hand, which he had stretched out on high, holding the shield, till all the inhabitants of Hai were slain.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

25And the number of them that fell that day, both of men and women, was twelve thousand persons all of the city of Hai.

27And the children of Israel divided among them the cattle and the prey of the city, as the Lord had commanded Josue.

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Cross References

Exodus 17:11And when Moses lifted up his hands, Israel overcame: but if he let them down a little, Amalec overcame.

Exodus 17:13And Josue put Amalec and his people to flight, by the edge of the sword.

Joshua 8:18The Lord said to Josue: Lift up the shield that is in thy hand, towards the city of Hai, for I will deliver it to thee.

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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