Joshua 7:2
And Joshua sends men from Jericho to Ai, which [is] near Beth-Aven, on the east of Bethel, and speaks to them, saying, “Go up and spy out the land”; and the men go up and spy Ai,
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Genesis 28:19and he calls the name of that place Bethel, [house of God,] and yet, Luz [is] the name of the city at the first.
Joshua 12:9the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which [is] beside Bethel, one;
1 Samuel 13:5And the Philistines have been gathered to fight with Israel; thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and a people as the sand which [is] on the seashore for multitude; and they come up and encamp in Michmash, east of Beth-Aven.
1 Kings 12:29And he sets the one in Beth-El, and the other he has put in Dan,
Proverbs 20:18You establish purposes by counsel, || And with plans you make war.
Isaiah 10:28He has come in against Aiath, || He has passed over into Migron, || At Michmash he looks after his vessels.
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 →