Joshua 7:2
And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spoke unto them, saying: 'Go up and spy out the land.' And the men went up and spied out Ai.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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Genesis 28:19And he called the name of that place Beth-el, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
Joshua 12:9the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Beth-el, 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 pitched in Michmas, eastward of Beth-aven.
1 Kings 12:29And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan.
Proverbs 20:18Every purpose is established by counsel; and with good advice carry on war.
Isaiah 10:28He is come to Aiath, he is passed through Migron; at Michmas he layeth 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 →